615. For Those Who Fail by Joaquin Miller
b'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.'