Be never discouraged The true and the wise, While others are waiting, Secure the rich prize : No object of terror, No word of alarm, Shall hinder their progress, Ör stay the strong arm. Be never discouraged, If you would secure The earth's richest blessings And make heaven sure, Yield not in the battle, Nor quail in the blast; The brave and unyielding Win nobly at last. Be never discouraged And wisdom in sight; You never will fail, Though kingdoms oppose you And devils assail. LET US DO GOOD. LET us do good. How sweet the thought, To know we've dried a single tear, Will give to us more joy at last Then in the littlę sphere we move, TRUE FAME. SUGGESTED BY CHANTRY'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON. WHO hath not hoped for immortality? And what is immortality?-to be Awhile remembered, when the heart is cold, And o'er the nerveless hand hath crept the mould Of the damp sepulchre? to be heralded By the loud trump of Fame, when life hath fled, Until even its echo hath gone past And perished in the abyss of ages? No! It is to live while memory shall last, Shrined deep within the heart - the ceaseless flow Of centuries only adding to the sum Of the world's gratitude! 'tis to become As the eye gazeth on-even WASHINGTON. |