Say to them, <br />say to the down-keepers, <br />the sun-slappers, <br />the self-soilers, <br />the harmony-hushers, <br />"even if you are not ready for day <br />it cannot always be night." <br />You will be right. <br />For that is the hard home-run. <br /> <br />Live not for battles won. <br />Live not for the-end-of-the-song. <br />Live in the along.<br /><br />Gwendolyn Brooks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/speech-to-the-young-speech-to-the-progress-towar/
