Keep A-Pluggin’ Away
I’ve a humble little motto
That is homely, though it’s true, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
It’s a thing when I’ve an object
That I always try to do, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When you’ve rising storms to quell,
When opposing waters swell,
It will never fail to tell, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If the hills are high before
And the paths are hard to climb,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
And remember that successes
Come to him who bides his time, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
From the greatest to the least,
None are from the rule released.
Be thou toiler, poet, priest,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Delve away beneath the surface,
There is treasure farther down, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Let the rain come down in torrents,
Let the threat’ning heavens frown,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When the clouds have rolled away,
There will come a brighter day
All your labor to repay, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
There’ll be lots of sneers to swallow.
There’ll be lots of pain to bear, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If you’ve got your eye on Heaven,
Some bright day you’ll wake up there,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Perseverance still is king;
Time its sure reward will bring;
Work and wait unwearying, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
By Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on 27 June 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America. He was married on 6 March 1898 to Alice Ruth Moore. He became a poet, a novelist, and a short story writer. He is known for his book of poetry, “Lyrics of a Lowly Life” (1896). Paul Laurence Dunbar passed on at 33 years of age on 9 February 1906 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America and rests in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America.
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I’ve a humble little motto
That is homely, though it’s true, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
It’s a thing when I’ve an object
That I always try to do, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When you’ve rising storms to quell,
When opposing waters swell,
It will never fail to tell, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If the hills are high before
And the paths are hard to climb,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
And remember that successes
Come to him who bides his time, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
From the greatest to the least,
None are from the rule released.
Be thou toiler, poet, priest,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Delve away beneath the surface,
There is treasure farther down, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Let the rain come down in torrents,
Let the threat’ning heavens frown,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When the clouds have rolled away,
There will come a brighter day
All your labor to repay, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
There’ll be lots of sneers to swallow.
There’ll be lots of pain to bear, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If you’ve got your eye on Heaven,
Some bright day you’ll wake up there,
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Perseverance still is king;
Time its sure reward will bring;
Work and wait unwearying, -
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
By Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on 27 June 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America. He was married on 6 March 1898 to Alice Ruth Moore. He became a poet, a novelist, and a short story writer. He is known for his book of poetry, “Lyrics of a Lowly Life” (1896). Paul Laurence Dunbar passed on at 33 years of age on 9 February 1906 in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America and rests in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America.
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