Poems (Himburg)/Courage
For works with similar titles, see Courage.
COURAGE
When troubles assail you and friends seem to fail you,Then there's nothing for you to do but take all that comes, and strive right along,Then things will brighten for you.
Your friends may forget you, when in trouble they find you,But this doesn't matter at all; the thing then to do is to see the thing through,And never say failure or fall
A man must have courage when all else has failed him, and friends, they have drifted away.It's the hope then, within you, that keeps every sinew in order by striving away.
Be a friend to yourself, man, even though you're in despair, man, then your skies will brighten to blue.Keep courage in mind and this you will find,Is the thing that will help you right through.
Then when pleasures come to you, your friendsSeem to know you, because you have kept right in line.Your woes, they have gone, but courage keeps on,So 'tis courage that counts every time.