Go A-Foot and go A-head! That's the way to prosper; Whoso must be carriage-led Suffereth serious loss per Day in health as well as wealth, By that laziness with which Walkers have from birth warred; And ere long grim Death by stealth Mounts the tilbury, and the rich Loller tumbleth earthward! Also keep your conscience pure- Neither lie nor borrow; He who starves to-day, be sure Always carves to-morrow. March in front; don't sulk behind; Dare to live, though sneering groups Dub you rara avis- "Serve your country-love your kind," And whene'er your spirit droops, Think of Thomas Davis. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JOHN WASSON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD [JUNE 23, 1780] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THE ROARING FROST by ALICE MEYNELL A MINUET ON REACHING THE AGE OF FIFTY by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE LONG HILL by SARA TEASDALE RED HANRAHAN'S SONG ABOUT IRELAND by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TO THE RAILROAD MEN by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |