FOR THOSE WHO FAIL.
" All honour to him who shall win the prize," The world has cried for a thousand years, But to him who tries and who fails and dies I give great honour and glory and tears. Give priory and honour and pitiful tears To all who fail in their deeds sublime— Their ghosts are many in thi- van of years, They were born with Time in advance of Time. Oh. great is the hero who wins a name, But greater many and many a time Some pale-faced fellow w o dies in shame And lets God finish the thought sublime. And great is the man with a sword undrawn, And good is the man who refrains from wine ; But the man »vho fails and yet still fights on, Lo, he is the twin-born brother of mine. Joaquin Miller.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 51, 24 May 1884, Page 5
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141FOR THOSE WHO FAIL. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 51, 24 May 1884, Page 5
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