NEVER 1 despair! Let the feeble in spirit
  Bow like the willow that stoops to the blast.
Droop not in peril! ’T is manhood’s true merit
  Nobly to struggle and hope to the last.
When by the sunshine of fortune forsaken
  Faint sinks the heart of the feeble with fear,
Stand like the oak of the forest—unshaken,
  Never despair—Boys—oh!...