Edgar Guest Quote

'Tis better to have tried in vain,
Sincerely striving for a goal,
Than to have lived upon the plain
An idle and a timid soul. 'Tis better to have fought and spent
Your courage, missing all applause,
Than to have lived in smug content
And never ventured for a cause. For he who tries and fails may be
The founder of a better day;
Though never his the victory,
From him shall others learn the way.

Failures, p. 84. - A Heap o' Livin' (1916)