Nil Desperandum
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Title
Nil Desperandum
Subject
Religion
Creator
Yorick
Source
http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1775388~S1
Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Date
April 1877
Contributor
Josh Dobbs, Jenna Zan
Rights
Permission to publish images from The Gray Jacket must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Poem
Identifier
LD5655.V8 L4, ser.1, v.2, no.6 (April 1877), p.7
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Though clouds may o'er shadow our sky,
And the sun refuse us his light,
And darkness environ us round
Yet morning will drive away night.
Then never despair.
Our hopes may be blighted, and life
Seem a curse and a bane and a cheat,
Let honor your watchword still be,
And vic'try will follow defeat.
Then never despair.
"Be up and be doing," be brave,
Adhere to the truth and the right,
Still looking to Heaven for aid,
Despondence will then take its flight.
Then never despair.
And the sun refuse us his light,
And darkness environ us round
Yet morning will drive away night.
Then never despair.
Our hopes may be blighted, and life
Seem a curse and a bane and a cheat,
Let honor your watchword still be,
And vic'try will follow defeat.
Then never despair.
"Be up and be doing," be brave,
Adhere to the truth and the right,
Still looking to Heaven for aid,
Despondence will then take its flight.
Then never despair.