Leaves for a Christmas Bough Part 9

TRY AGAIN.

"'Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again; If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear; For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear,-- Try, try again.

If you find your task is hard, Try, try again; Time will bring you your reward, Try, try again; All that other folks can do, Why, with patience, may not you?

Only keep this rule in view, Try, try again."

"MIZPAH."

[Transcriber's note: Apparent printer's errors have been corrected.

Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised. A blank line has been added to maintain 6 line stanzas on page 93, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.]