 | The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder |  |
FAILURE AND SUCCESS
(G. C., 1888)
He fails who climbs to power and placeUp the pathway of disgrace.
He fails not who makes truth his cause,
Nor bends to win the crowd's applause.
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Upon the right, and dares to fall;—
What tho' the living bless or blame,
For him the long success of fame.
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