When the road your're trudging seems all uphill.
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 is queer with its twist and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stock it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may suceed with another blew.
Ofthen the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might captured the victor's cup,
And be 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 you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
