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The place thou seekest for with out
Is only found within.

What thy experiences teaches true
Be vigilant to heed,
The wisdom that we suffer to
Is wiser than a creed.
Disdain neglect, ignore despair
O'er loves and friend-ships gone,
Plant thou thy feet as on a stair
And mount right up and on.

Today`s defeat is Tomorrow`s Failure.

If the days brief pain and passing care
Have seemed too much & too hard to bear;
If under its trivial press and smart
Thou hast failed in temper, & lost in heart
If the undiscouraged journeying sun
As it sinks to its rest with its travail done
Leaves thee all spent with trouble & sorrow -
How shalt thou face the harder tomorrow?