(Newspapers_com) and many other newspapers. Guest (Syndicated), Quote, Column 3, Ogden, Utah. (Newspapers_com) “The Ogden Standard-Examiner” of Ogden, Utah, 1921 March 3, The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest (Syndicated) Quote, Column 3, Elmira, New York. The syndicated column with Guest’s poem first appeared on the same day in “The Indianapolis Star” of Indianapolis, Indiana, the “Elmira Star-Gazette” of Elmira, New York, 1921 March 3, Elmira Star-Gazette, Just Folks by Edgar A. In addition, words, phrases, and stanzas were sometimes altered or deleted.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order. It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.ĭuring the decades after publication the work was broadly disseminated, but the attribution was often changed. So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit. When he might have captured the victor’s cup,Īnd he learned too late, when the night slipped down,Īnd you never can tell how close you are, When he might have won had he stuck it out ĭon’t give up, though the pace seems slow. When the funds are low and the debts are high,Īnd 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, Guest (Syndicated), Quote, Column 4, Indianapolis, Indiana. On Mahe published the following work: 1921 March 3, The Indianapolis Star, Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest was a very popular poet for several decades during the twentieth century, and his poems appeared in a syndicated newspaper column. Would you please determine the actual author? The poets John Greenleaf Whittier and Edgar A. So bend to your trouble and meet your care,įor the clouds must break, and the sky grow fair.John Greenleaf Whittier? Edgar Guest? Labor? Nellie Maxwell? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: A popular poem about perseverance includes these lines: Some of us whimper that life’s all wrong.īut somehow we live and our sky grows bright,Īnd everything seems to work out all right. It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.īecause it rains when we wish it wouldn’t,īecause men do what they often shouldn’t,īut somehow, in spite of the care and doubt,īecause we must work when we’d like to playīut somehow, as day always follows the night,īecause we must trudge in the dust awhile, So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit When he might have captured the victor’s cup Īnd he learned too late when the night came down, When we might have won had we stuck it out.ĭon’t give up though the pace seems slow… When the funds are low but the debts are high,Īnd you want to smile but you have to sigh, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, Poetry Friday round-up is hosted by Michelle at Today’s Little Ditty! These poems are for the dark days, the dreary, no-good days, the tiring and trying days, the never-gonna-get-anything-done days, and the would-rather-curl-in-bed days. Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC)ĭo you have days when you feel like quitting? Do you know someone who needs a pick-me-up? For today’s Poetry Friday, let Edgar Guest inspire you with two of his poems.Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.#ReadIntl2020 (Year Of International Literature) Reading Progress.#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Reading Progress.#DecolonizeReading2023 Reading Progress.
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