when things go wrong
as they sometimes will
when the road your trudging
seems all up hill
when 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 twists and turns
as every one of us sometimes learns
and many a failure turns about,
when he might have won had he stuck it out.
don't give up though the pace seems slow-
you may succeed with another blow
success is failure turned inside out
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt
and you never can tell how close 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.
