It Can Be DoneThis is a volume of inspirational poems. Its purpose is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGS CAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. |
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“I could name you a dozen, yes, hundreds, I guess, Of poor boys who've patiently climbed to success; All boys who were down and who struggled alone, Who'd have thought themselves rich if your fortune they'd known; Yet they rose in the ...
“I could name you a dozen, yes, hundreds, I guess, Of poor boys who've patiently climbed to success; All boys who were down and who struggled alone, Who'd have thought themselves rich if your fortune they'd known; Yet they rose in the ...
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“I should like to grow bigger and bigger, Until I could swallow a swan. “I won't be the bond slave of habit, I won't have these webs on my toes. I want to run round like a rabbit, A rabbit as red as a rose. “I don't want to waddle like ...
“I should like to grow bigger and bigger, Until I could swallow a swan. “I won't be the bond slave of habit, I won't have these webs on my toes. I want to run round like a rabbit, A rabbit as red as a rose. “I don't want to waddle like ...
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So he wasn't the bond slave of habit, And he didn't have webs on his toes; And perhaps he runs round like a rabbit, A rabbit as red as a rose. —Alfred Noyes From “Collected Poems.” CAN YOU SING A SONG? Nothing lifts the spirit more.
So he wasn't the bond slave of habit, And he didn't have webs on his toes; And perhaps he runs round like a rabbit, A rabbit as red as a rose. —Alfred Noyes From “Collected Poems.” CAN YOU SING A SONG? Nothing lifts the spirit more.
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And from some source you did not guess Gushed a great tide of happiness— A courage mightier than the sun— You rose and fought and, fighting, won! It was your own Self saving you, Your Self no man has ever known, Looking on flesh and ...
And from some source you did not guess Gushed a great tide of happiness— A courage mightier than the sun— You rose and fought and, fighting, won! It was your own Self saving you, Your Self no man has ever known, Looking on flesh and ...
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Don't mind how troubles bristle, Jest take a rose or thistle. Hold your own An' change your tone An' whistle, whistle, whistle! A song is worth a world o' sighs. When red the lightnings play, Look for the rainbow in the skies An' ...
Don't mind how troubles bristle, Jest take a rose or thistle. Hold your own An' change your tone An' whistle, whistle, whistle! A song is worth a world o' sighs. When red the lightnings play, Look for the rainbow in the skies An' ...
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