Members Wilchbla Posted March 5, 2009 Members Share Posted March 5, 2009 I'm not the biggest fan of poetry but this one by Rudyard Kipling is probably my favorite.IF If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream--and not make dreams your master, If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much, If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son! --Rudyard Kipling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted March 5, 2009 Administrators Share Posted March 5, 2009 I like this poem, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Thanks for posting this, it brings back memories. Rudyard Kipling just happens to be one of my favorite writers. I had to recite this in eighth grade. It really is a good poem. The year before that, I recited MacArthur's "Build Me A Son". On a completely unrelated, humorous note, my younger brother was in high school and had to do a book report on "The Jungle Book". Being the excellent student that he was, he did not actually read the book but instead relied on what he knew about the book. The opening line of his book report was: "First, I'd like to say how awesome it is that someone decided to make a book out of the Walt Disney classic." :roll True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted March 5, 2009 Administrators Share Posted March 5, 2009 On a completely unrelated' date=' humorous note, my younger brother was in high school and had to do a book report on "The Jungle Book". Being the excellent student that he was, he did not actually read the book but instead relied on what he [i']knew about the book. The opening line of his book report was: "First, I'd like to say how awesome it is that someone decided to make a book out of the Walt Disney classic." :roll True story. [offtopic] Sounds like something kids would say today...I work for a library, and we are finding more and more parents are steering their kids to the movie section instead of books! Speaking of "Jungle Book" - my brother had all the stuffed characters. Does anyone remember them?[/offtopic] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phil 4.8 Posted March 5, 2009 Members Share Posted March 5, 2009 Wow that's a poem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zrynx Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 yeah! this poem also is in my Book of Poems... I also chewed it into pieces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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