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The Things That Haven’t Been Done Before

1/6/2020

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The Things That Haven’t Been Done Before
 
The things that haven’t been done before,
     Those are the things to try;
Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore
     At the rim of the far-flung sky,
And his heart was bold and his faith was strong
     As he ventured in dangers new,
And he paid no heed to the jeering throng
     Or the fears of the doubting crew.

The many will follow the beaten track
     With guideposts on the way,
They live and have lived for ages back
     With a chart for every day.
Someone has told them it’s safe to go
     On the road he has traveled o’er,
And all that they ever strive to know
     Are the things that were known before.

A few strike out, without map or chart,
     Where never a man has been,
From the beaten paths they draw apart
     To see what no man has seen.
There are deeds they hunger alone to do;
     Though battered and bruised and sore,
They blaze the path for the many, who
     Do nothing not done before.

The things that haven’t been done before
     Are the tasks worth while to-day;
Are you one of the flock that follows, or
     Are you one that shall lead the way?
Are you one of the timid souls that quail
     At the jeers of a doubting crew,
Or dare you, whether you win or fail,
     Strike out for a goal that’s new?
 
by Edgar A. Guest (1927)
 
Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest was born on 20 August 1881 in Birmingham, England. He immigrated with his family to the United States of America in 1891. From his first published work in the “Detroit Free Press” until his passing in 1959, he penned some 11,000 poems that were syndicated in 300 newspapers and collected into more than twenty books. Mr. Guest is reputed to have had a new poem published in a newspaper every day for more than thirty years. He became known as ‘The People’s Poet,’ writing poems that were of a sentimental and optimistic nature. Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest passed on at 77 years of age on 5 August 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
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