<h2><SPAN name="poem49"></SPAN>AMBITION’S TRAIL</h2>
<p class="poetry">If all the end of this continuous striving<br/>
Were simply <i>to attain</i>,<br/>
How poor would seem the planning and contriving,<br/>
The endless urging and the hurried driving,<br/>
Of body, heart, and brain!</p>
<p class="poetry">But ever in the wake of true achieving<br/>
There shines this glowing trail—<br/>
Some other soul will be spurred on, conceiving<br/>
New strength and hope, in its own power believing,<br/>
Because <i>thou</i> didst not fail.</p>
<p class="poetry">Not thine alone the glory, nor the sorrow,<br/>
If thou dost miss the goal;<br/>
Undreamed of lives in many a far to-morrow<br/>
From thee their weakness or their force shall borrow—<br/>
On, on, ambitious soul.</p>
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