DON’T GIVE UP
If you’ve tried and have not won,
Never stop for crying;
All that’s great and good is done
Just by patient trying.
Though young birds, in flying, fall,
Still their wings grow stronger;
And the next time they can keep
Up a little longer.
If by easy work you beat,
Who the more will prize you?
Gaining victory from defeat,
That’s the test that tries you!
—Phœbe Cary.
