And, whatever your aim, you are certain to win
Because you seem bound to stick to it.
I learnt that nothing can constitute good breeding that has not good nature for its foundation.—Bulwer.
Sometimes when I feel just like shirking a task
Or quitting the work I’m pursuing,
I recall your stick-to-it-ive-ness and I ask,
“Would a postage-stamp do as I’m doing?”
Then I turn to whatever my hands are about
And with fortified purpose renew it,
And the end soon encompass, for which I set out,