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... dare . Oh , what is so good as the urge of it , And what is so glad as the surge of it , And what is so strong as the summons deep , Rousing the torpid soul from sleep ? Work ! Thank God for the pace of it , For the terrible , keen ...
... dare . Oh , what is so good as the urge of it , And what is so glad as the surge of it , And what is so strong as the summons deep , Rousing the torpid soul from sleep ? Work ! Thank God for the pace of it , For the terrible , keen ...
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... dare , never grudge the throe ! For thence , a paradox Which comforts while it mocks , - Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be , And was not , comforts me : A brute I might have been , but would not sink i ...
... dare , never grudge the throe ! For thence , a paradox Which comforts while it mocks , - Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be , And was not , comforts me : A brute I might have been , but would not sink i ...
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... DARE not ! - Look ! the road is very dark— The trees stir softly and the bushes shake , The long grass rustles , and ... dares to go who sees So perfectly the lions in the path ? Comes one who dares . Afraid at first , yet bound On such ...
... DARE not ! - Look ! the road is very dark— The trees stir softly and the bushes shake , The long grass rustles , and ... dares to go who sees So perfectly the lions in the path ? Comes one who dares . Afraid at first , yet bound On such ...
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... dare not stride , they mince along— Their pavement's a banana peel . Who owns , the jeweler or I , Yon gems by window - bars confined ? Possession lies in locks and keys ; True ownership's a state of mind . I own my office ( I've a boss ...
... dare not stride , they mince along— Their pavement's a banana peel . Who owns , the jeweler or I , Yon gems by window - bars confined ? Possession lies in locks and keys ; True ownership's a state of mind . I own my office ( I've a boss ...
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... dares , Start where you stand . Old failures will not halt , old triumphs aid , To - day's the thing , to - morrow soon will be ; Get in the fight and face it unafraid , And leave the past to ancient history ; What has been , has been ...
... dares , Start where you stand . Old failures will not halt , old triumphs aid , To - day's the thing , to - morrow soon will be ; Get in the fight and face it unafraid , And leave the past to ancient history ; What has been , has been ...
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ain't Atlanta Constitution battle Berton Braley Born brave Cheer Clair Adams courage dare dark death deeds died dream earth Educated Edward Rowland Sill Edwin Markham Ella Wheeler Wilcox Everard Jack Appleton eyes face fail faith Fate fear fight firm of Grin flowers give glad Grantland Rice Grin and Barrett happy hath heart honor hope James Whitcomb Riley John Kendrick Bangs Joseph Morris Keep a-goin laugh light live look Lord lost-and never night o'er pain Permission play the game Poems poet praise Pretty good world Ring road rose Rudyard Kipling S. E. Kiser sail School shine sing smile song sorrow soul spirit stand Stanton strive sweet tears Thank thee there's things thou thought to-day to-morrow triumph trouble verse wait weary Wheeler Wilcox William Ernest Henley William Rose Benét William Shakespeare