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If
by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise

If you can dream, and not make dreams your master
If you can think, and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And, which is more, you'll be a Man, my son!

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Hey and welcome to heartfelt miracle of mind, the fanlisting for Poetry. This fanlisting has been approved by The Fanlistings Network and is listed under the Literature category. The lovely Kayleigh (who adopted it from Kay in January 2007) was kind enough to adopt this fanlisting out to me <3. I re-opened the fanlisting on sunday january 18, 2009. Take a look around and enjoy your stay =). Thanks for visiting!

heartfelt miracle of mind is run by wendy and is part of gminor.org. There are currently 713 (+0) fans, from 59 countries listed. This fanlisting has been updated on February 09th, 2010. Welcome Joanna !