Poem on failure from circa 1946

Matt Lanham

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May 17, 2014

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I’d rather be a failure than the man who’s never tried;
I’d rather seek the mountain-top than always stand aside

Oh, let me hold some lofty dream and make my desperate fight.
And though I fail I still shall know I tried to serve the right.

Oh, better ‘tis to fail and fall in sorrow and despair
Than stand where all is safe and sure and never face a care;

Yes, stamp me with the failure’s brand and let men sneer at me.
For though I’ve failed the Lord shall know the man I tried to be.

Edgar A. Guest.