It Can Be Done

This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubles seem too much. The purpose of this volume is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGS CAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. Besides the poems themselves, the volume contains helps to their understanding and enjoyment. The pieces are introduced by short comments; these serve the same purpose as the strain played by the pianist before the singer begins to sing; they create a mood, give a point of view, throw light on the meaning of what follows.

001 - Be The Best Of Whatever You Are - By Douglas Malloch 002 - The House By The Side Of The Road - By Sam Walter Foss 003 - Four Things - By Henry Van Dyke 004 - If - By Rudyard Kipling 005 - Invictus - By William Ernest Henley 006 - It Couldn't Be Done - By Edgar A. Guest 007 - The Welcome Man - By Walt Mason 008 - The Quitter - By Robert W. Service 009 - Friends Of Mine - By James W. Foley 010 - The Woman Who Understands - By Everard Jack Appleton 011 - Wanted - A Man - By St. Clair Adams 012 - If I Should Die - By Ben King 013 - Just Be Glad - By James Whitcomb Riley 014 - Opportunity - By Berton Braley 015 - Solitude - By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 016 - Unsubdued - By S.e. Kiser 017 - Work - By Angela Morgan 018 - How Did You Die? - By Edmund Vance Cooke 019 - A Lesson From History - By Joseph Morris 020 - Rabbi Ben Ezra - By Robert Browning 021 - To Melancholy - By John Kendrick Bangs 022 - The Lion Path - By Charlotte Perkins Gilman 023 - The Answer - By Grantland Rice 024 - The World Is Against Me - By Edgar A. Guest 025 - Say Not The Struggle Naught Avaleth - By Arthur Hugh Clough 026 - Worth While - By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 027 - Hope - By Anonymous 028 - I'm Glad - By Anonymous 029 - The Chambered Nautilus - By Oliver Wendell Holmes 030 - Pippa's Song - By Robert Browning 031 - Ownership - By St. Clair Adams 032 - A Smiling Paradox - By John Kendrick Bangs 033 - The New Duckling - By Alfred Noyes 034 - Can You Sing A Song? - By Joseph Morris 035 - Know Thyself - By Angela Morgan 036 - Just Whistle - By Frank L. Stanton 037 - ''Might Have Been'' - By Grantland Rice 038 - The One - By Everard Jack Appleton 039 - The Joy Of Living - By Gamaliel Bradford 040 - There Will Always Be Something To Do - By Edgar A. Guest 041 - Good Intentions - By St. Clair Adams 042 - Philosophy For Croakers - By Joseph Morris 043 - The Fighting Failure - By Everard Jack Appleton 044 - Duty - By Ralph Waldo Emerson 045 - The Call Of The Unbeaten - By Grantland Rice 046 - Polonius's Advice To Laertes - By William Shakespeare 047 - How Do You Tackle Your Work? - By Edgar A. Guest 048 - Man Or Manikin - By Richard Butler Glaenzer 049 - Having Done And Doing - By William Shakespeare 050 - Faith - By S.e. Kiser 051 - Opportunity - By John James Ingalls 052 - Opportunity - By William Shakespeare 053 - Opportunity - By Walter Malone 054 - Opportunity - By Edward Rowland Sill 055 - My Philosophy - By James Whitcomb Riley 056 - Ulysses - By Alfred Tennyson 057 - Preparedness - By Edwin Markham 058 - The Wisdom Of Folly - By Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 059 - See It Through - By Edgar A. Guest 060 - December 31 - By S.e. Kiser 061 - Ring Out, Wild Bells - By Alfred Tennyson 062 - Work - By Henry Van Dyke 063 - Start Where You Stand - By Berton Braley 064 - A Hopeful Brother - By Frank L. Stanton 065 - A Song Of Thanksgiving - By Angela Morgan 066 - Lose The Day Loitering - By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 067 - Playing The Game - By Berton Braley 068 - Resolve - By Berton Braley 069 - When Nature Wants A Man - By Angela Morgan 070 - Order And The Bees - By William Shakespeare 071 - Self Dependence - By Matthew Arnold 072 - A Little Prayer - By S.e. Kiser 073 - A Man's A Man For A' That - By Robert Burns 074 - Life And Death - By Anna Barbauld 075 - Life And Death - By Ernest H. Crosby 076 - On Being Ready - By Grantland Rice 077 - Two At A Fireside - By Edwin Markham 078 - To-day - By Douglas Malloch 079 - The Arrow And The Song - By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 080 - The Inner Light - By John Milton 081 - The Things That Haven't Been Done Before - By Edgar A. Guest 082 - The Has-beens - By Walt Mason 083 - Wishing - By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 084 - Awareness - By Miriam Teichner 085 - One Of These Days - By James W. Foley 086 - God - By Gamaliel Bradford 087 - My Triumph - By John Greenleaf Whittier 088 - To Althea From Prison - By Richard Lovelace 089 - Grief - By Angela Morgan 090 - The Rectifying Years - By St. Clair Adams 091 - To Those Who Fail - By Joaquin Miller 092 - Helping' Out - By William Judson Kibby 093 - Opening Paradise - By Thomas Gray 094 - To The Men Who Lose - By Anonymous 095 - It May Be - By S.e. Kiser 096 - Life - By Edward Rowland Sill 097 - The Grumpy Guy - By Griffith Alexander 098 - The Fighter - By S.e. Kiser 099 - To Youth After Pain - By Margaret Widdemer 100 - Can't - By Edgar A. Guest 101 - The Struggle - By Miriam Teichner 102 - Hold Fast - By Everard Jack Appleton 103 - Will - By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 104 - The Game - By Grantland Rice 105 - Courage - By Florence Earle Coates 106 - A Good Name - By William Shakespeare 107 - Swellitis - By Joseph Morris 108 - Cares - By Elisabeth Barrett Browning 109 - Faith - By Edward Rowland Sill 110 - Playing The Game - By Anonymous 111 - What Dark Days Do - By Everard Jack Appleton 112 - Gladness - By Anna Hempstead Branch 113 - It Won't Stay Blowed - By St. Clair Adams 114 - The Rainbow - By William Wordsworth 115 - The Firm Of Grin And Barrett - By Sam Walter Foss 116 - Challenge - By Jean Nette 117 - Your Mission - By Ellen M.h. Gates 118 - Victory - By Miriam Teichner 119 - Times Go By Turns - By Robert Southwell 120 - To-day - By Thomas Carlyle 121 - Unafraid - By Everard Jack Appleton 122 - Borrowed Feathers - By Joseph Morris 123 - Keep On Keepin' On - By Anonymous 124 - The Disappointed - By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 125 - Let Me Live Out My Years - By John G. Neihardt 126 - Columbus - By Joaquin Miller 127 - Per Aspera - By Florence Earle Coates 128 - Tit For Tat - By St. Clair Adams 129 - The Kingdom Of Man - By John Kendrick 130 - Abou Ben Adhem - By Leigh Hunt 131 - This World - By Frank L. Stanton 132 - Gray Days - By Griffith Alexander 133 - Laugh A Little Bit - By Edmund Vance Cooke 134 - A Song Of Life - By Angela Morgan 135 - A Poor Unfortunate - By Frank L. Stanton 136 - The Trainers - By Grantland Rice 137 - Life - By Etta Wheeler Wilcox 138 - A Toast To Merriment - By James W. Foley 139 - Mistress Fate - By William Rose Benét 140 - Sleep And The Monarch - By William Shakespeare 141 - Never Trouble Trouble - By St. Clair Adams 142 - Clear The Way - By Charles Mackay 143 - One Fight More - By Theodosia Garrison 144 - A Psalm Of Life - By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 145 - A Creed - By Edwin Markham 146 - Battle Cry - By John G. Neihardt 147 - The Happy Heart - By Thomas Dekker 148 - If You Can't Go Over Or Under, Go Round - By Joseph Morris 149 - Thick Is The Darkness - By William Ernest Henley 150 - The Belly And The Members - By William Shakespeare 151 - The Celestial Surgeon - By Robert Louis Stevenson 152 - Man, Bird, And God - By Robert Browning 153 - His Ally - By William Rose Benét 154 - Submission - By Miriam Teichner 155 - A Prayer - By Theodosia Garrison 156 - Stability - By William Shakespeare 157 - The Bars Of Fate - By Ellen M.h. Gates 158 - Ultimate Act - By Henry Bryan Binns 159 - He Whom A Dream Hath Possessed - By Sheamus O Sheel 160 - Success - By Berton Braley 161 - Play The Game - By Henry Newbolt 162 - The Man Who Frets At Worldly Strife - By Joseph Rodman Drake 163 - Serenity - By Lord Byron 164 - Here's Hopin' - By Frank L. Stanton 165 - Cleon And I - By Charles Mackay 166 - The Pessimist - By Ben King 167 - A Problem To Be Solved - By St. Clair Adams 168 - Prospice - By Robert Browning 169 - The Greatness Of The Soul - By Alfred Tennyson 170 - Heinelet - By Gamaliel Bradford 171 - Stand Forth! - By Angela Morgan 172 - Lions And Ants - By Walt Mason 173 - Life, Not Death - By Alfred Tennyson 174 - The Unmusical Soloist - By Joseph Morris 175 - On Down The Road - By Grantland Rice 176 - Meetin' Trouble - By Everard Jack Appleton 177 - Press On - By Park Benjamin 178 - My Creed - By S.e. Kiser 179 - Co-operation - By J. Mason Knox 180 - The Noble Nature - By Ben Jonson 181 - Days Of Cheer - By James W. Foley 182 - De Sunflower Ain't De Daisy - By Anonymous 183 - The Daffodils - By William Wordsworth 184 - A Little Thankful Song - By Frank L. Stanton 185 - Two Raindrops - By Joseph Morris 186 - My Wage - By Jessie B. Rittenhouse 187 - The Gift - By Robert Burns 188 - Prometheus Unbound - By Percy Bysshe Shelley 189 - Victory In Defeat - By Edwin Markham 190 - The Richer Mines - By John Kendrick Bangs 191 - Brave Life - By Grantland Rice 192 - A Song Of To-morrow - By Frank L. Stanton 193 - The Glad Song - By Joseph Morris 194 - Painting The Lily - By William Shakespeare 195 - A Pretty Good World - By Frank L. Stanton 196 - Ode To Duty - By William Wordsworth 197 - The Syndicated Smile - By St. Clair Adams 198 - Fairy Song - By John Keats 199 - Praise The Generous Gods For Giving - By William Ernest Henley 200 - Cowards - By William Shakespeare 201 - The Word - By John Kendrick Bangs 202 - Envoi - By John G. Neihardt 203 - Jaw - By St. Clair Adams 204 - The Conqueror - By Berton Braley 205 - Is It Raining, Little Flower? - By Anonymous 206 - Gradatim - By J.g. Holland 207 - Rules For The Road - By Edwin Markham 208 - Life - By Griffith Alexander 209 - Hoe Your Row - By Frank L. Stanton 210 - Borrowing Trouble - By Robert Burns 211 - Undismayed - By James W. Foley 212 - A Hero - By Florence Earle Coates 213 - Will - By Alfred Tennyson 214 - Fable - By Ralph Waldo Emerson 215 - Duty - By Edwin Markham 216 - Prayer For Pain - By John G. Neihardt 217 - Steadfast - By Everard Jack Appleton 218 - If - By John Kendrick Bangs 219 - The Gifts Of God - By George Herbert 220 - A Philosopher - By John Kendrick Bangs 221 - The Life Without Passion - By William Shakespeare 222 - Character Of A Happy Life - By Sir Henry Wotton 223 - Essentials - By St. Clair Adams 224 - The Stone Rejected - By Edwin Markham 225 - Good Deeds - By William Shakespeare 226 - You May Count That Day - By George Eliot 227 - Sadness And Merriment - By William Shakespeare 228 - Appreciation - By William Judson Kibby 229 - Keep Sweet - By Strickland W. Gillilan 230 - Morality - By Matthew Arnold 231 - A Hymn To Happiness - By James W. Foley 232 - Opportunity - By Edwin Markham 233 - To A Young Man - By Edgar A. Guest 234 - Slogan - By Jane M'lean 235 - Smiles - By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 236 - Sit Down, Sad Soul - By Bryan Waller Procter 237 - Song Of Endeavor - By James W. Foley 238 - Keep A-goin'! - By Frank L. Stanton 239 - When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted - By Rudyard Kipling