OH! be something!—Oh! be something!— Let those words ring in your ears, As you struggle up Fame's ladder, Half distract 'twixt hopes and fears. Oh, be sure the great Creator Never meant that man should be A useless, worthless creature, Fed by society! Then onward, onward struggle, Till you reach the topmost round Of that ladder, which, @3to each man's eyes By his best hope is crowned!@1 But the man that 'tempts this ladder, Without his end in view; Is certain to be trodden down By the chosen, earnest few. Then, be something!—Oh! be something! For be certain none can e'er Successful climb Fame's ladder, Without a purpose there! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PSALM 104: THE MAJESTY AND MERCY OF GOD by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE BISHOP HATTO [AND THE RATS] by ROBERT SOUTHEY A MATCH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TO A GENTLEMAN & LADY ON THE DEATH ... CHILD NAMED AVIS by PHILLIS WHEATLEY DIRGE FOR THE LATE JAMES CURRIE, M.D., OF LIVERPOOL by LUCY AIKEN |