FAILURES

‘ Tis better to have tried in vain,

Sincerely striving for a goal,

Than to have lived upon the plain

An idle and a timid soul.

‘ Tis better to have fought and spent

Your courage, missing all applause,

Than to have lived in smug content

And never ventured for a cause.

For he who tries and fails may be

The founder of a better day;

Though never his the victory,

From him shall others learn the way.