When things go wrong,
as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging
seems all up hill,
When the funds are low
and the debts are high,
And you want to smile,
but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing
you down a bit,
Rest, if you must-
-but don't you quit.

Life gets hard with
it's twists and turns,
As everyone of us
sometimes learns,
And many a failure
turns about
When he might have won
had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though t
he pace seems slow--
You might succeed
with another blow.

Often the goal
is nearer than
it seems to a faint
and faltering man,
Often the struggler
has given up
When he might have
captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late,
when the night slipped down,
How close he was
to the golden crown.

Success is failure
turned inside out--
The silver tint of
the clouds of doubt--
And you never can tell
how close you are,
It may be near
when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight
when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst
that you mustn't quit.