Or otherwise used in any way without the express written permission of the owner. The material on this site may not be copied, reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, stored, altered, adapted, Purchasing books through any poet's Amazon links helps to support Your Daily Poem. All rights reserved.Īs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Website Development by Practical Business SystemsĬontents of this web site and all original text and images therein are copyright © by Your Daily Poem. A pep talk I know I can use and I'm sure I'm not alone. This poem reminds me of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's work-skirting the edge of sentimentality but never going over it. When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. The world would be a better place if everyone follows this! Nice poem with a lot of good sense! DON’T QUIT by John Greenleaf Whittier Poem. "Success is failure turned inside out" is a brilliant line. (You have to fight because you can and you want to) this is nice poem for all person or someone to realize that not quit and still fighting into end As poet, editor, abolitionist, and religious humanist, Whittier managed to produce more than forty volumes. It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. Poem Dont Quit By John Greenleaf Whittier WebJohn Greenleaf Whittier. John Greenleaf Whittier was a remarkably prolific writer and reformer. I used it in speeches then and nearly forty years later it hangs on the wall of my office and I am still using it to encourage people NOT TO QUIT. This poem helped create in me a don?t quit attitude in my life while in high school. Published in the Detroit Free Press (March 4,1921). 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 he learned too late when the night slipped down,Īnd you never can tell how close you are. Dont Quit poem by John Greenleaf after reading questions to assist students with central idea, tone, context clues.Scaffold by using this poem prior to. When the funds are low and the debts are high,Īnd you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,Īnd the road you're trudging seems all uphill, Ask for this YDP anthology at your favorite bookstore or order it online today!
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