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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. - Summary by Phil chenevert and the editors

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BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE - by Douglas Malloch (Phil Chenevert)
THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - by Sam Walter Foss (Phil Chenevert)
FOUR THINGS - by Henry Van Dyke (Phil Chenevert)
IF - by Rudyard Kipling (Tony Addison)
INVICTUS - by William Ernest Henley (Scotty Smith)
IT COULDN'T BE DONE - by Edgar A. Guest (Phil Chenevert)
THE WELCOME MAN - by Walt Mason (Phil Chenevert)
THE QUITTER - by Robert W. Service (Jason in Panama)
FRIENDS OF MINE - by James W. Foley (RecordingPerson)
THE WOMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS - by Everard Jack Appleton (Phil Chenevert)
WANTED - A MAN - by St. Clair Adams (Sarah Jump)
IF I SHOULD DIE - by Ben King (RecordingPerson)
JUST BE GLAD - by James Whitcomb Riley (RecordingPerson)
OPPORTUNITY - by Berton Braley (Sarah Jump)
SOLITUDE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (RecordingPerson)
UNSUBDUED - by S.E. Kiser (SK)
WORK - by Angela Morgan (SK)
HOW DID YOU DIE? - by Edmund Vance Cooke (Phil Chenevert)
A LESSON FROM HISTORY - by Joseph Morris (SK)
RABBI BEN EZRA - by Robert Browning (Phil Chenevert)
TO MELANCHOLY - by John Kendrick Bangs (RecordingPerson)
THE LION PATH - by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Melvin Lee)
THE ANSWER - by Grantland Rice (Phil Chenevert)
THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME - by Edgar A. Guest (DrPGould)
SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NAUGHT AVALETH - by Arthur Hugh Clough (Jason in Panama)
WORTH WHILE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (RecordingPerson)
HOPE - by Anonymous (Melvin Lee)
I'M GLAD - by Anonymous (Melvin Lee)
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS - by Oliver Wendell Holmes (JennaMock)
PIPPA'S SONG - by Robert Browning (Jason in Panama)
OWNERSHIP - by St. Clair Adams (Melvin Lee)
A SMILING PARADOX - by John Kendrick Bangs (Michele Eaton)
THE NEW DUCKLING - by Alfred Noyes (Melvin Lee)
CAN YOU SING A SONG? - by Joseph Morris (Melvin Lee)
KNOW THYSELF - by Angela Morgan (Melvin Lee)
JUST WHISTLE - by Frank L. Stanton (RecordingPerson)
''MIGHT HAVE BEEN'' - by Grantland Rice (Phil Chenevert)
THE ONE - by Everard Jack Appleton (Phil Chenevert)
THE JOY OF LIVING - by Gamaliel Bradford (Phil Chenevert)
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO DO - by Edgar A. Guest (Phil Chenevert)
GOOD INTENTIONS - by St. Clair Adams (SK)
PHILOSOPHY FOR CROAKERS - by Joseph Morris (Jason in Panama)
THE FIGHTING FAILURE - by Everard Jack Appleton (SK)
DUTY - by Ralph Waldo Emerson (RecordingPerson)
THE CALL OF THE UNBEATEN - by Grantland Rice (SK)
POLONIUS'S ADVICE TO LAERTES - by William Shakespeare (Melvin Lee)
HOW DO YOU TACKLE YOUR WORK? - by Edgar A. Guest (SK)
MAN OR MANIKIN - by Richard Butler Glaenzer (Melvin Lee)
HAVING DONE AND DOING - by William Shakespeare (RecordingPerson)
FAITH - by S.E. Kiser (Jason in Panama)
OPPORTUNITY - by John James Ingalls (Mahima)
OPPORTUNITY - by William Shakespeare (SK)
OPPORTUNITY - by Walter Malone (SK)
OPPORTUNITY - by Edward Rowland Sill (Melvin Lee)
MY PHILOSOPHY - by James Whitcomb Riley (Melvin Lee)
ULYSSES - by Alfred Tennyson (Kasper)
PREPAREDNESS - by Edwin Markham (SK)
THE WISDOM OF FOLLY - by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (Melvin Lee)
SEE IT THROUGH - by Edgar A. Guest (realisticspeakers)
DECEMBER 31 - by S.E. Kiser (Sarah Jump)
RING OUT, WILD BELLS - by Alfred Tennyson (Jason in Panama)
WORK - by Henry Van Dyke (Melvin Lee)
START WHERE YOU STAND - by Berton Braley (SK)
A HOPEFUL BROTHER - by Frank L. Stanton (Jason in Panama)
A SONG OF THANKSGIVING - by Angela Morgan (Elizabeth P.)
LOSE THE DAY LOITERING - by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (SK)
PLAYING THE GAME - by Berton Braley (Larry Wilson)
RESOLVE - by Berton Braley (realisticspeakers)
WHEN NATURE WANTS A MAN - by Angela Morgan (Melvin Lee)
ORDER AND THE BEES - by William Shakespeare (Melvin Lee)
SELF DEPENDENCE - by Matthew Arnold (Melvin Lee)
A LITTLE PRAYER - by S.E. Kiser (SK)
A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT - by Robert Burns (Leonard Wilson)
LIFE AND DEATH - by Anna Barbauld (Leonard Wilson)
LIFE AND DEATH - by Ernest H. Crosby (Leonard Wilson)
ON BEING READY - by Grantland Rice (Jason in Panama)
TWO AT A FIRESIDE - by Edwin Markham (Jason in Panama)
TO-DAY - by Douglas Malloch (Leonard Wilson)
THE ARROW AND THE SONG - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Kathleen Moore)
THE INNER LIGHT - by John Milton (Kathleen Moore)
THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE - by Edgar A. Guest (SK)
THE HAS-BEENS - by Walt Mason (Jason in Panama)
WISHING - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Kathleen Moore)
AWARENESS - by Miriam Teichner (SK)
ONE OF THESE DAYS - by James W. Foley (SK)
GOD - by Gamaliel Bradford (Sarah Jump)
MY TRIUMPH - by John Greenleaf Whittier (Larry Wilson)
TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON - by Richard Lovelace (Leonard Wilson)
GRIEF - by Angela Morgan (madison02)
THE RECTIFYING YEARS - by St. Clair Adams (madison02)
TO THOSE WHO FAIL - by Joaquin Miller (madison02)
HELPING' OUT - by William Judson Kibby (Leonard Wilson)
OPENING PARADISE - by Thomas Gray (Jason in Panama)
TO THE MEN WHO LOSE - by Anonymous (Melvin Lee)
IT MAY BE - by S.E. Kiser (Melvin Lee)
LIFE - by Edward Rowland Sill (Melvin Lee)
THE GRUMPY GUY - by Griffith Alexander (Melvin Lee)
THE FIGHTER - by S.E. Kiser (Melvin Lee)
TO YOUTH AFTER PAIN - by Margaret Widdemer (Joelee Pasztor)
CAN'T - by Edgar A. Guest (SK)
THE STRUGGLE - by Miriam Teichner (Sarah Jump)
HOLD FAST - by Everard Jack Appleton (realisticspeakers)
WILL - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Kathleen Moore)
THE GAME - by Grantland Rice (Jason in Panama)
COURAGE - by Florence Earle Coates (Melvin Lee)
A GOOD NAME - by William Shakespeare (Leonard Wilson)
SWELLITIS - by Joseph Morris (Joelee Pasztor)
CARES - by Elisabeth Barrett Browning (Kathleen Moore)
FAITH - by Edward Rowland Sill (Melvin Lee)
PLAYING THE GAME - by Anonymous (SK)
WHAT DARK DAYS DO - by Everard Jack Appleton (Leonard Wilson)
GLADNESS - by Anna Hempstead Branch (Melvin Lee)
IT WON'T STAY BLOWED - by St. Clair Adams (Sarah Jump)
THE RAINBOW - by William Wordsworth (SK)
THE FIRM OF GRIN AND BARRETT - by Sam Walter Foss (Donald Gilmore)
CHALLENGE - by Jean Nette (SK)
YOUR MISSION - by Ellen M.H. Gates (SK)
VICTORY - by Miriam Teichner (SK)
TIMES GO BY TURNS - by Robert Southwell (Naduplants)
TO-DAY - by Thomas Carlyle (DrPGould)
UNAFRAID - by Everard Jack Appleton (Jason in Panama)
BORROWED FEATHERS - by Joseph Morris (Melvin Lee)
KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON - by Anonymous (Melvin Lee)
THE DISAPPOINTED - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Kathleen Moore)
LET ME LIVE OUT MY YEARS - by John G. Neihardt (Melvin Lee)
COLUMBUS - by Joaquin Miller (Melvin Lee)
PER ASPERA - by Florence Earle Coates (madison02)
TIT FOR TAT - by St. Clair Adams (Jason in Panama)
THE KINGDOM OF MAN - by John Kendrick (Jason in Panama)
ABOU BEN ADHEM - by Leigh Hunt (Leonard Wilson)
THIS WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton (madison02)
GRAY DAYS - by Griffith Alexander (madison02)
LAUGH A LITTLE BIT - by Edmund Vance Cooke (madison02)
A SONG OF LIFE - by Angela Morgan (Jason in Panama)
A POOR UNFORTUNATE - by Frank L. Stanton (Sarah Jump)
THE TRAINERS - by Grantland Rice (Jason in Panama)
LIFE - by Etta Wheeler Wilcox (SK)
A TOAST TO MERRIMENT - by James W. Foley (Michael Fassio)
MISTRESS FATE - by William Rose Benét (Jason in Panama)
SLEEP AND THE MONARCH - by William Shakespeare (Larry Wilson)
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE - by St. Clair Adams (Michael Fassio)
CLEAR THE WAY - by Charles Mackay (Michael Fassio)
ONE FIGHT MORE - by Theodosia Garrison (Sarah Jump)
A PSALM OF LIFE - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Kathleen Moore)
A CREED - by Edwin Markham (madison02)
BATTLE CRY - by John G. Neihardt (Jason in Panama)
THE HAPPY HEART - by Thomas Dekker (Jason in Panama)
IF YOU CAN'T GO OVER OR UNDER, GO ROUND - by Joseph Morris (Shana Burns)
THICK IS THE DARKNESS - by William Ernest Henley (madison02)
THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS - by William Shakespeare (Jason in Panama)
THE CELESTIAL SURGEON - by Robert Louis Stevenson (SK)
MAN, BIRD, AND GOD - by Robert Browning (Larry Wilson)
HIS ALLY - by William Rose Benét (Melvin Lee)
SUBMISSION - by Miriam Teichner (Melvin Lee)
A PRAYER - by Theodosia Garrison (SK)
STABILITY - by William Shakespeare (Michael Fassio)
THE BARS OF FATE - by Ellen M.H. Gates (Larry Wilson)
ULTIMATE ACT - by Henry Bryan Binns (Jason in Panama)
HE WHOM A DREAM HATH POSSESSED - by Sheamus O Sheel (Naduplants)
SUCCESS - by Berton Braley (Jason in Panama)
PLAY THE GAME - by Henry Newbolt (Naduplants)
THE MAN WHO FRETS AT WORLDLY STRIFE - by Joseph Rodman Drake (Michael Fassio)
SERENITY - by Lord Byron (Larry Wilson)
HERE'S HOPIN' - by Frank L. Stanton (Sarah Jump)
CLEON AND I - by Charles Mackay (Jason in Panama)
THE PESSIMIST - by Ben King (SK)
A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED - by St. Clair Adams (Jason in Panama)
PROSPICE - by Robert Browning (Michael Fassio)
THE GREATNESS OF THE SOUL - by Alfred Tennyson (Jason in Panama)
HEINELET - by Gamaliel Bradford (Sarah Jump)
STAND FORTH! - by Angela Morgan (SK)
LIONS AND ANTS - by Walt Mason (SK)
LIFE, NOT DEATH - by Alfred Tennyson (Larry Wilson)
THE UNMUSICAL SOLOIST - by Joseph Morris (realisticspeakers)
ON DOWN THE ROAD - by Grantland Rice (Michael Fassio)
MEETIN' TROUBLE - by Everard Jack Appleton (Melvin Lee)
PRESS ON - by Park Benjamin (Melvin Lee)
MY CREED - by S.E. Kiser (SK)
CO-OPERATION - by J. Mason Knox (DrPGould)
THE NOBLE NATURE - by Ben Jonson (Jason in Panama)
DAYS OF CHEER - by James W. Foley (Alec Larson)
DE SUNFLOWER AIN'T DE DAISY - by Anonymous (Jordan Watts)
THE DAFFODILS - by William Wordsworth (Kathleen Moore)
A LITTLE THANKFUL SONG - by Frank L. Stanton (Jason in Panama)
TWO RAINDROPS - by Joseph Morris (SK)
MY WAGE - by Jessie B. Rittenhouse (SK)
THE GIFT - by Robert Burns (Melvin Lee)
PROMETHEUS UNBOUND - by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Kasper)
VICTORY IN DEFEAT - by Edwin Markham (Larry Wilson)
THE RICHER MINES - by John Kendrick Bangs (Kathleen Moore)
BRAVE LIFE - by Grantland Rice (Michael Fassio)
A SONG OF TO-MORROW - by Frank L. Stanton (Jason in Panama)
THE GLAD SONG - by Joseph Morris (Beth Thomas (1974-2020))
PAINTING THE LILY - by William Shakespeare (Larry Wilson)
A PRETTY GOOD WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton (Jason in Panama)
ODE TO DUTY - by William Wordsworth (Beth Thomas (1974-2020))
THE SYNDICATED SMILE - by St. Clair Adams (Jason in Panama)
FAIRY SONG - by John Keats (Donald Gilmore)
PRAISE THE GENEROUS GODS FOR GIVING - by William Ernest Henley (Melvin Lee)
COWARDS - by William Shakespeare (Larry Wilson)
THE WORD - by John Kendrick Bangs (DrPGould)
ENVOI - by John G. Neihardt (Jason in Panama)
JAW - by St. Clair Adams (Corrinne LePage)
THE CONQUEROR - by Berton Braley (Corrinne LePage)
IS IT RAINING, LITTLE FLOWER? - by Anonymous (realisticspeakers)
GRADATIM - by J.G. Holland (Jason in Panama)
RULES FOR THE ROAD - by Edwin Markham (SK)
LIFE - by Griffith Alexander (Beth Thomas (1974-2020))
HOE YOUR ROW - by Frank L. Stanton (DrPGould)
BORROWING TROUBLE - by Robert Burns (Jason in Panama)
UNDISMAYED - by James W. Foley (DrPGould)
A HERO - by Florence Earle Coates (Jason in Panama)
WILL - by Alfred Tennyson (Jason in Panama)
FABLE - by Ralph Waldo Emerson (SK)
DUTY - by Edwin Markham (Jason in Panama)
PRAYER FOR PAIN - by John G. Neihardt (Melvin Lee)
STEADFAST - by Everard Jack Appleton (Melvin Lee)
IF - by John Kendrick Bangs (Melvin Lee)
THE GIFTS OF GOD - by George Herbert (Melvin Lee)
A PHILOSOPHER - by John Kendrick Bangs (Kathleen Moore)
THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION - by William Shakespeare (Jason in Panama)
CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE - by Sir Henry Wotton (SK)
ESSENTIALS - by St. Clair Adams (SK)
THE STONE REJECTED - by Edwin Markham (heart2voice2heart)
GOOD DEEDS - by William Shakespeare (SK)
YOU MAY COUNT THAT DAY - by George Eliot (SK)
SADNESS AND MERRIMENT - by William Shakespeare (Melvin Lee)
APPRECIATION - by William Judson Kibby (Melvin Lee)
KEEP SWEET - by Strickland W. Gillilan (Jason in Panama)
MORALITY - by Matthew Arnold (SK)
A HYMN TO HAPPINESS - by James W. Foley (Melvin Lee)
OPPORTUNITY - by Edwin Markham (SK)
TO A YOUNG MAN - by Edgar A. Guest (SK)
SLOGAN - by Jane M'Lean (Jason in Panama)
SMILES - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Kathleen Moore)
SIT DOWN, SAD SOUL - by Bryan Waller Procter (tovarisch)
SONG OF ENDEAVOR - by James W. Foley (tovarisch)
KEEP A-GOIN'! - by Frank L. Stanton (tovarisch)
WHEN EARTH'S LAST PICTURE IS PAINTED - by Rudyard Kipling (tovarisch)
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