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two good poems



THE first one

[IF] 

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: 
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 impostors 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: 

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" 

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son! 


--Rudyard Kipling 

The Second one

In dark lonely nights,
When you are alone,
I will shine a light for you,
A ray of hope,
Show you out of darkness to light,
Whenever you feel you are alone,
You will find me,
Standing beside you,
When joys bless your life,
I may not be there to celebrate,
But when grief rocks you,
You will have a shelter,
In my arms,
When marshes of sorrow,
Suck you in,
You will find a hand,
To pull you out,
When flood of tears rise,
There will be a shoulder,
To hold on,
When you feel you are losing,
You can hear the words,
Go on, I am there with you,
You will succeed,
Somewhere in this world,
Is someone, who loves you,
Remember that,
I will be there for you,
Always like you do.


Bye 
vivek

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