Hard is it to persuade the public mind of its plain duty & true interest And hard to find a straight road to renown And hard for young men to get honest gold And hard to find a perfect wife And mid the armies of imperfect men To find a friend hardest of all All good is hard to come by Yet all these are easilier done Than to live well one day -- to be a Man. Who speaks the truth outspeaks our Everett Who acts his thought takes place of Washington And who prefers music of his Reason Above the thunder of all men's example Embraces the beatitude of God. Alas! that evermore the worldly hands Hang back behind the charitable Will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON PRAYERS OF STEEL by CARL SANDBURG |