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Opportunity
With
doubt and dismay you are smitten
You think there's no chance for you, son?
Why, the best books haven't been written
The best race hasn't been run,
The best score hasn't been made yet,
The best song hasn't been sung,
The best tune hasn't been played yet,
Cheer up, for the world is young!
No chance? Why the world is just eager
For things that you ought to create
Its store of true wealth is still meagre
Its needs are incessant and great,
It yearns for more power and beauty
More laughter and love and romance,
More loyalty, labor and duty,
No chance--why there's nothing but chance!
For the best verse hasn't been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn't been planned,
The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,
The mightiest rivers aren't spanned,
Don't worry and fret, faint hearted,
The chances have just begun,
For the Best jobs haven't been started,
The Best work hasn't been done.
| About
Berton Braley (1882-1966) |
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Braley was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He inherited his father's talent in writing and had shown his talent at even at a young age. At 11 he published his first work - a fairy tale called "Why The Grass Is Green". Braley was considered a person who is always optimistic and held the belief that everything is possible. At high school he played football and finished high school in two years instead of the normal three. Something that his teacher want him to believe to be impossible. In his life Braley had written around 11,000 verses and several hundered short stories, making him one of the most widely read American poet of his era. |
