- Never give up! its wiser and better
- Always to hope than once to despair:
- Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,
- And break the dark spell of tyrannical care:
- Never give up! or the burthen may sink you—
- Providence kindly has mingled the cup,
- And in all trials or troubles, bethink you,
- The watchword of life must be, Never give up!
- Never give up! there are chances and changes
- Helping the hopeful a hundred to one,
- And, through the chaos, High Wisdom arranges
- Every success—if you'll only hope on:
- Never give up! for the wisest, is boldest,
- Knowing that Providence mingles the cup,
- And of all maxims the best as the oldest,
- Is the true watchword of Never give up.
- Never give up! though the grape shot may rattle,
- Or the full thunder cloud over you burst,
- Stand like a rock, and the storm or the battle
- Little shall harm you though doing their worst:
- Never give up! if adversity presses
- Providence wisely has mingled the cup,
- And the best counsel, in all your distresses,
- Is the stout watchword of Never give up.
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