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Robert W Service - Carry On
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It`s easy to fight when everything`s right,
    And you`re mad with the thrill and the glory;
It`s easy to cheer when victory`s near,
    And wallow in fields that are gory.
It`s a different song when everything`s wrong,
    When you`re feeling infernally mortal;
When it`s ten against one, and hope there is none,
    Buck up, little soldier, and chortle:

Carry on! Carry on!
There isn`t much punch in your blow.
You`re glaring and staring and hitting out blind;
You`re muddy and bloody, but never you mind.
Carry on! Carry on!
You haven`t the ghost of a show.
It`s looking like death, but while you`ve a breath,
Carry on, my son! Carry on!

And so in the strife of the battle of life
    It`s easy to fight when you`re winning;
It`s easy to slave, and starve and be brave,
    When the dawn of success is beginning.
But the man who can meet despair and defeat
    With a cheer, there`s the man of God`s choosing;
The man who can fight to Heaven`s own height
    Is the man who can fight when he`s losing.

Carry on! Carry on!
Things never were looming so black.
But show that you haven`t a cowardly streak,
And though you`re unlucky you never are weak.
Carry on! Carry on!
Brace up for another attack.
It`s looking like hell, but — you never can tell:
Carry on, old man! Carry on!

There are some who drift out in the deserts of doubt,
    And some who in brutishness wallow;
There are others, I know, who in piety go
    Because of a Heaven to follow.
But to labour with zest, and to give of your best,
    For the sweetness and joy of the giving;
To help folks along with a hand and a song;
    Why, there`s the real sunshine of living.

Carry on! Carry on!
Fight the good fight and true;
Believe in your mission, greet life with a cheer;
There`s big work to do, and that`s why you are here.
Carry on! Carry on!
Let the world be the better for you;
And at last when you die, let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul! Carry on!
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