Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
"even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.
Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.
Speech To The Young : Speech To The Progress-toward
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Poem topics: home, night, song, sun, ready, harmony, hard, Valentine's Day, live, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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