I hope, if you run to challenges at the moment, you’ll take a moment and read this, don’t quit, ask for help, know that this too shall pass. Here’s Whittier’s poem: Don’t Quit by John Greenleaf Whittier. It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit. So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit – When he might have won had he stuck it out ĭon’t give up though the pace seems slow –Īnd you never can tell just how close you are, Was doing a word study on this in my Bible. Life is strange with its twists and turns the old violin and dont quit these poems are wonderful these are true gems. When the funds are low and the debts are highĪnd you want to smile, but you have to sigh.

When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill, When things go wrong as they sometimes will, It just seems like a good poem for right now so I thought I’d share it in the hope that it works for you too. I came across this poem when I was looking for suitable inclusions and then heard it on the BBC, so clearly great minds thought alike. K.As we went into lockdown, all of the blood rushed to my head and I decided to do something that I’d never normally have time for – I wrote out an anthology of poems for my father as a birthday present. Nothing in Heaven Functions as it Ought by X.An Aeronaut to His Lady by Frank Sidgwick.If Thou Must Love Me, Let It Be For Nought by Eliz.With Ships the Sea Was Sprinkled by William Wordsw.Is Love A Fancy, Or A Feeling? by Hartley Coleridge.The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling.Dont give up, though the pace seems slow - You may succeed with another blow. Further Reflections on Parsley by Ogden Nash Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won if hed stuck it out.What are Little Girls Made Of? by Anonymous.Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl.If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking by Emily Dic.I guess the poet just didn't know when to quit :) There's nothing new in the fourth stanza - he's already mentioned that you might be one 'blow' away from success - and it only serves to break up the fight metaphor that's begun at the end of the third stanza. It feels like he made his point, but still had some rhymes he wanted to use, so he stuck in another stanza. I've always thought that this poem is about four lines too long. I would often stand by that side of the fridge and read the magnets and clippings while I ate sugar (I'd just drink it straight from the sugar shaker) since it was a good out of the way place to sort of hide while I did it.

This poem was printed on a magnet that Mom had on the side of the fridge in Michigan (I don't remember whether it made it to Ohio). It's when things seem worst, That you MUST NOT QUIT! So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit When he might have won had he stuck it outĭon't give up, though the pace seems slowĪnd you never can tell how close you are, Nadine Dorries launched an astonishing salvo at Rishi Sunak today, accusing the former chancellor of leading a ruthless coup to remove Boris Johnson from power. When the funds are low and the debts are highĪnd you want to smile, but you have to sigh When the road you're trudging seems all uphill When things go wrong, as they sometimes will

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