When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace.
Edgar Albert Guest
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- See It Through, opening four lines; Complete opening sentence from the Poetry Foundation text. Distinct from Guest’s different poem of the same title in Poems of Patriotism.
- See It Through, opening four lines
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