Failures

Poem of the Day

Failures
by Edgar Albert Guest

'Tis better to have tried in vain, 
Sincerely striving for a goal, 
Than to have lived upon the plain 
An idle and a timid soul. 

'Tis better to have fought and spent 
Your courage, missing all applause, 
Than to have lived in smug content 
And never ventured for a cause. 

For he who tries and fails may be 
The founder of a better day; 
Though never his the victory, 
From him shall others learn the way.