Don’t you be a “by-and-byer”

And a sluggish patience-trier;

If there’s aught you would acquire,

Do it now!

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.—Franklin.

If you’d earn a prize worth owning,

Do it now!

Drop all waiting and postponing,

Do it now!

Say, “I will!” and then stick to it,