If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools
It took me awhile to work out where I'd heard this before. One of our assemblies. Was anyone actually listening, though? I wasn't. This is the only put I actually like; the rest just bored me to death.
Regardless of the assembly, 'If' is still a very famous poem, which I've heard many times before.
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