The road thro’ many lives each one must tread,
And by experience be onward led.
Man’s creed saves not, but effort for the right;
Each his own savior is, thro’ valiant fight:
Endeavor, not success, makes his account.
Condole we may, but not reproach; all mount
The heights; tho’ some may tarry long behind;
The law of being, each to all doth bind.”
“Our blundering steps oft bring upon us woe;
To fail to strive entails a keener throe.