615. For Those Who Fail by Joaquin Miller
Joaquin Miller read by Classic Poetry Aloud\n\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\nTwitter: @classicpoetry\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/poetryaloud\n\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\n For Those Who Fail\nby Joaquin Miller (1837 \u2013 1913)\n\n"All honor to him who shall win the prize," \nThe world has cried for a thousand years; \nBut to him who tries and who fails and dies, \nI give great honor and glory and tears. \n\nO great is the hero who wins a name, \nBut greater many and many a time, \nSome pale-faced fellow who dies in shame, \nAnd lets God finish the thought sublime. \n\nAnd great is the man with a sword undrawn, \nAnd good is the man who refrains from wine; \nBut the man who fails and yet fights on, \nLo! he is the twin-born brother of mine! \n\n\nReading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud, 2008.