
- IN the long run fame finds
the deserving man.
- The lucky wight may prosper for a day,
- But in good time true merit leads the van,
- And vain pretense, unnoticed, goes its way.
- There is no Chance, no Destiny, no Fate,
- But Fortune smiles on those who work and wait,
- In the long run.
- In the long run all goodly sorrow pays,
- There is no better thing than righteous pain,
- The sleepless nights, the awful thorn-crowned days,
- Bring sure reward to tortured soul and brain.
- Unmeaning joys enervate in the end,
- But sorrow yields a glorious dividend
- In the long run.
- In the long run all hidden things are known,
- The eye of truth will penetrate the night,
- And good or ill, thy secret shall be known,
- However well 't is guarded from the light.
- All the unspoken motives of the breast
- Are fathomed by the years and stand confest
- In the long run.
- In the long run all love is paid by love,
- Though undervalued by the hosts of earth;
- The great eternal Government above
- Keeps strict account and will redeem its worth.
- Give thy love freely; do not count the cost;
- So beautiful a thing was never lost
- In the long run.
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By: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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