KEEP PEGGING AWAY
We seldom mount at a single bound To the ladder's very top; We must slowly climb it round by round, With many a start and stop. And the winner is sure to be the one Who labors day by day, For the world has learned that the safest plan Is to keep on pegging away. You have read, of course, about the hare And the tortoise tale is old How they ran a raceit counts not where— And the tortoise won, we're told. The hare was sure he had time to pause And to browse about and play, So the tortoise won the race because He just kept pegging away. A little toil and a little rest, And a little more earned than spent, Is sure to bring to an honest breast A blessing of glad content. And so, though skies may frown or smile, Be diligent, day by day, And endless peace will be your reward • If you keep on pegging away.
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New Zealand Tablet, 30 October 1913, Page 61
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166KEEP PEGGING AWAY New Zealand Tablet, 30 October 1913, Page 61
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