"C O U R A G E ," by Edgar A. Guest.

This is courage: to remain
Brave and patient under pain;
Cool and calm and firm to stay
In the presence of dismay;
Not to flinch when foes attack,
Even though you are driven back;
Still to cling to what is right,
When the wrong possesses might.

This is courage: to be true
To the best men see in you;
To remember, tempest-tossed,
Not to whimper, "All is lost!"
But to battle to the end
While you still have strength to spend;
Not to cry that hope is gone
While you've life to carry on.

This is courage: to edure
Hurt and loss you cannot cure;
Facing life still unafraid;
Glad to live and glad to take,
Bravely for your children's sake,
Burdens they would have to bear
If YOU fled and ceased to care.

by Edgar A. Guest.