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This poem has been my inspiration for the last five years.. really want to know who wrote it please if anybody knows?
I have this hanging on my wall and when things get bad it shouts at me..

When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road You're trudging seems all up hill
When the friends are low and the debts are high
And You want to smile but You have to sigh
When care is pressing You down a bit
Rest if You must, but don't You quit
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As everyone of us sometimes learns
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out
Don't give up though the pace seems slow
You might succeed with another blow
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And You never can tell how close You are
It may be near when it seems so far
So stick to the fight when You're hardest hit
It's when things seem worse that You must not quit

The friend that gave this poem to me obviously couldn't live up to it, as she is no longer here.. but this is the poem that has kept me going and fighting for so long, and I would love to know the author as it is not stated on the poem

Thanks and much love Donna

Thank You so much :] xx

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oh wow what a great poem!

I didn't know you wrote it but it is a good inspiration poem to get inpired from..

wow that really is great!

I have no clue as to who wrote it, but it's great

AHHH! i posted before already, but thought i should again... well, ive got this poem up above my bed now, and ive gone through an awful lot for just a week. well....on saturday, i was all down and i looked at the poem and read it and it helped=) =) =) so GREAT poem Helen Steiner Rice...whoever you are=P lol

Wow I really like that poem a lot =]