It Can Be Done
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239 chapters · 7 h 16 min · English
Read by Phil Chenevert, Tony Addison, Scotty Smith, Jason in Panama, RecordingPerson, Sarah Jump and others
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This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubles seem too much. The purpose of this volume is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGS CAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. Besides the poems themselves, the volume contains helps to their understanding and enjoyment. The pieces are introduced by short comments; these serve the same purpose as the strain played by the pianist before the singer begins to sing; they create a mood, give a point of view, throw light on the meaning of what follows. - Summary by Phil chenevert and the editors
Chapters
1 BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE - by Douglas Malloch 2 min 2 THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - by Sam Walter Foss 3 min 3 FOUR THINGS - by Henry Van Dyke 1 min 4 IF - by Rudyard Kipling 3 min 5 INVICTUS - by William Ernest Henley 1 min 6 IT COULDN'T BE DONE - by Edgar A. Guest 3 min 7 THE WELCOME MAN - by Walt Mason 2 min 8 THE QUITTER - by Robert W. Service 2 min 9 FRIENDS OF MINE - by James W. Foley 1 min 10 THE WOMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS - by Everard Jack Appleton 4 min 11 WANTED - A MAN - by St. Clair Adams 2 min 12 IF I SHOULD DIE - by Ben King 2 min 13 JUST BE GLAD - by James Whitcomb Riley 1 min 14 OPPORTUNITY - by Berton Braley 2 min 15 SOLITUDE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1 min 16 UNSUBDUED - by S.E. Kiser 2 min 17 WORK - by Angela Morgan 3 min 18 HOW DID YOU DIE? - by Edmund Vance Cooke 2 min 19 A LESSON FROM HISTORY - by Joseph Morris 2 min 20 RABBI BEN EZRA - by Robert Browning 2 min 21 TO MELANCHOLY - by John Kendrick Bangs 1 min 22 THE LION PATH - by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 2 min 23 THE ANSWER - by Grantland Rice 2 min 24 THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME - by Edgar A. Guest 2 min 25 SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NAUGHT AVALETH - by Arthur Hugh Clough 2 min 26 WORTH WHILE - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2 min 27 HOPE - by Anonymous 2 min 28 I'M GLAD - by Anonymous 1 min 29 THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS - by Oliver Wendell Holmes 2 min 30 PIPPA'S SONG - by Robert Browning 1 min 31 OWNERSHIP - by St. Clair Adams 3 min 32 A SMILING PARADOX - by John Kendrick Bangs 1 min 33 THE NEW DUCKLING - by Alfred Noyes 2 min 34 CAN YOU SING A SONG? - by Joseph Morris 1 min 35 KNOW THYSELF - by Angela Morgan 4 min 36 JUST WHISTLE - by Frank L. Stanton 1 min 37 ''MIGHT HAVE BEEN'' - by Grantland Rice 2 min 38 THE ONE - by Everard Jack Appleton 3 min 39 THE JOY OF LIVING - by Gamaliel Bradford 1 min 40 THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO DO - by Edgar A. Guest 2 min 41 GOOD INTENTIONS - by St. Clair Adams 2 min 42 PHILOSOPHY FOR CROAKERS - by Joseph Morris 3 min 43 THE FIGHTING FAILURE - by Everard Jack Appleton 3 min 44 DUTY - by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1 min 45 THE CALL OF THE UNBEATEN - by Grantland Rice 2 min 46 POLONIUS'S ADVICE TO LAERTES - by William Shakespeare 2 min 47 HOW DO YOU TACKLE YOUR WORK? - by Edgar A. Guest 2 min 48 MAN OR MANIKIN - by Richard Butler Glaenzer 2 min 49 HAVING DONE AND DOING - by William Shakespeare 3 min 50 FAITH - by S.E. Kiser 1 min 51 OPPORTUNITY - by John James Ingalls 2 min 52 OPPORTUNITY - by William Shakespeare 1 min 53 OPPORTUNITY - by Walter Malone 2 min 54 OPPORTUNITY - by Edward Rowland Sill 2 min 55 MY PHILOSOPHY - by James Whitcomb Riley 2 min 56 ULYSSES - by Alfred Tennyson 7 min 57 PREPAREDNESS - by Edwin Markham 1 min 58 THE WISDOM OF FOLLY - by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 2 min 59 SEE IT THROUGH - by Edgar A. Guest 2 min 60 DECEMBER 31 - by S.E. Kiser 2 min 61 RING OUT, WILD BELLS - by Alfred Tennyson 2 min 62 WORK - by Henry Van Dyke 1 min 63 START WHERE YOU STAND - by Berton Braley 2 min 64 A HOPEFUL BROTHER - by Frank L. Stanton 1 min 65 A SONG OF THANKSGIVING - by Angela Morgan 3 min 66 LOSE THE DAY LOITERING - by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1 min 67 PLAYING THE GAME - by Berton Braley 2 min 68 RESOLVE - by Berton Braley 1 min 69 WHEN NATURE WANTS A MAN - by Angela Morgan 5 min 70 ORDER AND THE BEES - by William Shakespeare 2 min 71 SELF DEPENDENCE - by Matthew Arnold 3 min 72 A LITTLE PRAYER - by S.E. Kiser 1 min 73 A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT - by Robert Burns 4 min 74 LIFE AND DEATH - by Anna Barbauld 1 min 75 LIFE AND DEATH - by Ernest H. Crosby 2 min 76 ON BEING READY - by Grantland Rice 2 min 77 TWO AT A FIRESIDE - by Edwin Markham 1 min 78 TO-DAY - by Douglas Malloch 2 min 79 THE ARROW AND THE SONG - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1 min 80 THE INNER LIGHT - by John Milton 1 min 81 THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE - by Edgar A. Guest 2 min 82 THE HAS-BEENS - by Walt Mason 2 min 83 WISHING - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2 min 84 AWARENESS - by Miriam Teichner 2 min 85 ONE OF THESE DAYS - by James W. Foley 3 min 86 GOD - by Gamaliel Bradford 1 min 87 MY TRIUMPH - by John Greenleaf Whittier 3 min 88 TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON - by Richard Lovelace 3 min 89 GRIEF - by Angela Morgan 1 min 90 THE RECTIFYING YEARS - by St. Clair Adams 2 min 91 TO THOSE WHO FAIL - by Joaquin Miller 2 min 92 HELPING' OUT - by William Judson Kibby 3 min 93 OPENING PARADISE - by Thomas Gray 1 min 94 TO THE MEN WHO LOSE - by Anonymous 2 min 95 IT MAY BE - by S.E. Kiser 1 min 96 LIFE - by Edward Rowland Sill 1 min 97 THE GRUMPY GUY - by Griffith Alexander 4 min 98 THE FIGHTER - by S.E. Kiser 2 min 99 TO YOUTH AFTER PAIN - by Margaret Widdemer 2 min 100 CAN'T - by Edgar A. Guest 3 min 101 THE STRUGGLE - by Miriam Teichner 2 min 102 HOLD FAST - by Everard Jack Appleton 2 min 103 WILL - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2 min 104 THE GAME - by Grantland Rice 2 min 105 COURAGE - by Florence Earle Coates 1 min 106 A GOOD NAME - by William Shakespeare 2 min 107 SWELLITIS - by Joseph Morris 3 min 108 CARES - by Elisabeth Barrett Browning 1 min 109 FAITH - by Edward Rowland Sill 2 min 110 PLAYING THE GAME - by Anonymous 2 min 111 WHAT DARK DAYS DO - by Everard Jack Appleton 2 min 112 GLADNESS - by Anna Hempstead Branch 1 min 113 IT WON'T STAY BLOWED - by St. Clair Adams 2 min 114 THE RAINBOW - by William Wordsworth 1 min 115 THE FIRM OF GRIN AND BARRETT - by Sam Walter Foss 2 min 116 CHALLENGE - by Jean Nette 1 min 117 YOUR MISSION - by Ellen M.H. Gates 2 min 118 VICTORY - by Miriam Teichner 1 min 119 TIMES GO BY TURNS - by Robert Southwell 2 min 120 TO-DAY - by Thomas Carlyle 1 min 121 UNAFRAID - by Everard Jack Appleton 1 min 122 BORROWED FEATHERS - by Joseph Morris 2 min 123 KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON - by Anonymous 1 min 124 THE DISAPPOINTED - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2 min 125 LET ME LIVE OUT MY YEARS - by John G. Neihardt 1 min 126 COLUMBUS - by Joaquin Miller 3 min 127 PER ASPERA - by Florence Earle Coates 1 min 128 TIT FOR TAT - by St. Clair Adams 3 min 129 THE KINGDOM OF MAN - by John Kendrick 2 min 130 ABOU BEN ADHEM - by Leigh Hunt 2 min 131 THIS WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton 1 min 132 GRAY DAYS - by Griffith Alexander 2 min 133 LAUGH A LITTLE BIT - by Edmund Vance Cooke 1 min 134 A SONG OF LIFE - by Angela Morgan 2 min 135 A POOR UNFORTUNATE - by Frank L. Stanton 2 min 136 THE TRAINERS - by Grantland Rice 3 min 137 LIFE - by Etta Wheeler Wilcox 1 min 138 A TOAST TO MERRIMENT - by James W. Foley 2 min 139 MISTRESS FATE - by William Rose Benét 2 min 140 SLEEP AND THE MONARCH - by William Shakespeare 2 min 141 NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE - by St. Clair Adams 1 min 142 CLEAR THE WAY - by Charles Mackay 2 min 143 ONE FIGHT MORE - by Theodosia Garrison 1 min 144 A PSALM OF LIFE - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2 min 145 A CREED - by Edwin Markham 1 min 146 BATTLE CRY - by John G. Neihardt 2 min 147 THE HAPPY HEART - by Thomas Dekker 2 min 148 IF YOU CAN'T GO OVER OR UNDER, GO ROUND - by Joseph Morris 2 min 149 THICK IS THE DARKNESS - by William Ernest Henley 1 min 150 THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS - by William Shakespeare 3 min 151 THE CELESTIAL SURGEON - by Robert Louis Stevenson 1 min 152 MAN, BIRD, AND GOD - by Robert Browning 1 min 153 HIS ALLY - by William Rose Benét 2 min 154 SUBMISSION - by Miriam Teichner 2 min 155 A PRAYER - by Theodosia Garrison 2 min 156 STABILITY - by William Shakespeare 1 min 157 THE BARS OF FATE - by Ellen M.H. Gates 2 min 158 ULTIMATE ACT - by Henry Bryan Binns 1 min 159 HE WHOM A DREAM HATH POSSESSED - by Sheamus O Sheel 2 min 160 SUCCESS - by Berton Braley 1 min 161 PLAY THE GAME - by Henry Newbolt 2 min 162 THE MAN WHO FRETS AT WORLDLY STRIFE - by Joseph Rodman Drake 1 min 163 SERENITY - by Lord Byron 1 min 164 HERE'S HOPIN' - by Frank L. Stanton 1 min 165 CLEON AND I - by Charles Mackay 2 min 166 THE PESSIMIST - by Ben King 2 min 167 A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED - by St. Clair Adams 2 min 168 PROSPICE - by Robert Browning 2 min 169 THE GREATNESS OF THE SOUL - by Alfred Tennyson 1 min 170 HEINELET - by Gamaliel Bradford 1 min 171 STAND FORTH! - by Angela Morgan 2 min 172 LIONS AND ANTS - by Walt Mason 1 min 173 LIFE, NOT DEATH - by Alfred Tennyson 1 min 174 THE UNMUSICAL SOLOIST - by Joseph Morris 3 min 175 ON DOWN THE ROAD - by Grantland Rice 1 min 176 MEETIN' TROUBLE - by Everard Jack Appleton 2 min 177 PRESS ON - by Park Benjamin 2 min 178 MY CREED - by S.E. Kiser 2 min 179 CO-OPERATION - by J. Mason Knox 1 min 180 THE NOBLE NATURE - by Ben Jonson 1 min 181 DAYS OF CHEER - by James W. Foley 2 min 182 DE SUNFLOWER AIN'T DE DAISY - by Anonymous 2 min 183 THE DAFFODILS - by William Wordsworth 2 min 184 A LITTLE THANKFUL SONG - by Frank L. Stanton 2 min 185 TWO RAINDROPS - by Joseph Morris 2 min 186 MY WAGE - by Jessie B. Rittenhouse 1 min 187 THE GIFT - by Robert Burns 1 min 188 PROMETHEUS UNBOUND - by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1 min 189 VICTORY IN DEFEAT - by Edwin Markham 1 min 190 THE RICHER MINES - by John Kendrick Bangs 1 min 191 BRAVE LIFE - by Grantland Rice 3 min 192 A SONG OF TO-MORROW - by Frank L. Stanton 1 min 193 THE GLAD SONG - by Joseph Morris 1 min 194 PAINTING THE LILY - by William Shakespeare 1 min 195 A PRETTY GOOD WORLD - by Frank L. Stanton 2 min 196 ODE TO DUTY - by William Wordsworth 4 min 197 THE SYNDICATED SMILE - by St. Clair Adams 2 min 198 FAIRY SONG - by John Keats 1 min 199 PRAISE THE GENEROUS GODS FOR GIVING - by William Ernest Henley 1 min 200 COWARDS - by William Shakespeare 1 min 201 THE WORD - by John Kendrick Bangs 2 min 202 ENVOI - by John G. Neihardt 2 min 203 JAW - by St. Clair Adams 1 min 204 THE CONQUEROR - by Berton Braley 2 min 205 IS IT RAINING, LITTLE FLOWER? - by Anonymous 1 min 206 GRADATIM - by J.G. Holland 3 min 207 RULES FOR THE ROAD - by Edwin Markham 1 min 208 LIFE - by Griffith Alexander 2 min 209 HOE YOUR ROW - by Frank L. Stanton 1 min 210 BORROWING TROUBLE - by Robert Burns 1 min 211 UNDISMAYED - by James W. Foley 2 min 212 A HERO - by Florence Earle Coates 1 min 213 WILL - by Alfred Tennyson 2 min 214 FABLE - by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1 min 215 DUTY - by Edwin Markham 1 min 216 PRAYER FOR PAIN - by John G. Neihardt 2 min 217 STEADFAST - by Everard Jack Appleton 2 min 218 IF - by John Kendrick Bangs 2 min 219 THE GIFTS OF GOD - by George Herbert 2 min 220 A PHILOSOPHER - by John Kendrick Bangs 1 min 221 THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION - by William Shakespeare 2 min 222 CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE - by Sir Henry Wotton 2 min 223 ESSENTIALS - by St. Clair Adams 1 min 224 THE STONE REJECTED - by Edwin Markham 2 min 225 GOOD DEEDS - by William Shakespeare 1 min 226 YOU MAY COUNT THAT DAY - by George Eliot 2 min 227 SADNESS AND MERRIMENT - by William Shakespeare 3 min 228 APPRECIATION - by William Judson Kibby 2 min 229 KEEP SWEET - by Strickland W. Gillilan 2 min 230 MORALITY - by Matthew Arnold 1 min 231 A HYMN TO HAPPINESS - by James W. Foley 2 min 232 OPPORTUNITY - by Edwin Markham 1 min 233 TO A YOUNG MAN - by Edgar A. Guest 2 min 234 SLOGAN - by Jane M'Lean 1 min 235 SMILES - by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2 min 236 SIT DOWN, SAD SOUL - by Bryan Waller Procter 1 min 237 SONG OF ENDEAVOR - by James W. Foley 2 min 238 KEEP A-GOIN'! - by Frank L. Stanton 1 min 239 WHEN EARTH'S LAST PICTURE IS PAINTED - by Rudyard Kipling 3 min
