![]() ![]() Just relax and calm down for some time if you cannot smile. Life should not stop with the presence of a few hurdles.Īt times, we have to struggle to reach a particular road which at other times, can smoothly be walked up and down by us.Įxcessive spending may make us feel bad as there is a lack of money, and we are already under debt. In spite of problems coming in their way, people should move continuously to achieve their goals. But, it also consists of thorns that one cannot avoid. He further explains the sufferings that people can face such as the lack of funds, pain of failure, debt, etc. The poet, being sensitive to the conditions and day to day life of the people, advised them not to quit in any case and face all the difficulties of life. The poem, “Don't quit" by John Greenleaf Whittier has profoundly impacted its readers. Insightful review of the poem by Aditi Saini: The poem describes not quitting even in adverse situations like the ant above. As a result, during the winter season, grasshopper starved and had to take the assistance of the ant. In contrast, the grasshopper was not bothered about anything. ![]() Would you please determine the actual author? The poets John Greenleaf Whittier and Edgar A.You all must have heard the influential story of the hard-working ant which accumulated food and reserved it for winters. Guest was a very popular poet for several decades during the twentieth century, and his poems appeared in a syndicated newspaper column. On Mahe published the following work: 1921 March 3, The Indianapolis Star, Just Folks by Edgar A. When the funds are low and the debts are high,Īnd you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill, When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, Guest (Syndicated), Quote, Column 4, Indianapolis, Indiana. When he might have won had he stuck it out ĭon’t give up, though the pace seems slow. When he might have captured the victor’s cup,Īnd he learned too late, when the night slipped down,Īnd you never can tell how close you are, So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit. It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.ĭuring the decades after publication the work was broadly disseminated, but the attribution was often changed. In addition, words, phrases, and stanzas were sometimes altered or deleted.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order. The syndicated column with Guest’s poem first appeared on the same day in “The Indianapolis Star” of Indianapolis, Indiana, the “Elmira Star-Gazette” of Elmira, New York, 1921 March 3, Elmira Star-Gazette, Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest (Syndicated) Quote, Column 3, Elmira, New York. (Newspapers_com) “The Ogden Standard-Examiner” of Ogden, Utah, 1921 March 3, The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest (Syndicated), Quote, Column 3, Ogden, Utah. (Newspapers_com) and many other newspapers. ![]() In January 1922 the poem appeared in the “New Ulm Review” of New Ulm, Minnesota, 1922 January 4, New Ulm Review, Don’t Quit! (Acknowledgement to Labor, Washington D.C.) Quote, Column 2, New Ulm, Minnesota. (Newspapers_com) but Edgar Guest was not mentioned instead, “Labor” of Washington D.C received acknowledgment. In 1931 “The Courier-News” of Plainfield, New Jersey printed only the first stanza and did not credit Guest. “When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, Also, the phrase “have to sigh” was changed to “heave a sigh”: 1931 April 8, The Courier-News, In the Cupboard by Nellie Maxwell, Quote, Column 3, Plainfield, New Jersey. When the funds are low and the debts are highĪnd you want to smile, but you heave a sigh. In 1945 the “Naugatuck Daily News” Naugatuck, Connecticut omitted the third stanza while printing the other three. The work was retitled “Life” and ascribed to by Genevieve Pajeski. 1945 July 26, Naugatuck Daily News, Round the Clock: Life by Genevieve Pajeski, Quote, Column 2, Naugatuck, Connecticut. In 1973 “A Speaker’s Treasury for Educators, Convocation Speakers, Baccalaureate Speakers, and Others” compiled by Herbert V. ![]() Prochnow printed a slightly altered one stanza version without attribution: 1973, A Speaker’s Treasury for Educators, Convocation Speakers, Baccalaureate Speakers, and Others, Compiled by Herbert V. ![]()
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