When you suspect, you are going wrong,
Or lack the strength to move along
With placid poise among your peers ,
Because of haunting doubts or fears :
It's time for you to shift your pack,
And steering upon another tack.
When the wind and waves assail your ship,
And anchors from the bottom slip;
When clouds of mist obscure your sun,
And foaming waters madly run:
It's time for you to change your plan
And make a port while yet you can !
When men laugh at your woeful plight,
And seek your old repute to blight;
When all the world bestows a frown,
While you are swiftly sliding down:
It's time for you to show your grit,
And let the scoffers know you're fit.
When failure opes your luck less door,
And struts around the creeking floor;
When fortune flees and leaves you bare,
And former friends but coldly stare:
It is time for you to take a tack,
And show the world
you are coming back !
Lilburn Harwood Townsend
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