Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
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Soon thou'lt find thy sorrows ending.
God! who life and goodness art! In patience hope in Him, my heart. FAILURE AND SUCCESS. It is in failure, in distress, When, reft of all, it stands alone, And not in what men call success, The noble, valiant soul is known. He who perfection makes his aim Shoots at a mark he may not reach; The world may laugh, the world may blame. And what it calls _discretion_ preach. And he will fail to win the goal Which low ambition makes its own; But, far beyond, his earnest soul Stands in the light, though all alone. It was through insult, pain, and loss That Jesus won immortal power; Thus the great failure of the cross Was his triumphant, glorious hour. Think not of failure or success; He fails who has a low desire. Up to the highest ever press, |
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