You'll do it! A Poem By Edgar A Guest

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he, with a chuckle replied

That "maybe it couldn't", but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.

So he bucked right in with a trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least, no one ever had done it";

But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we know he'd begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,

He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it/

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;

There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;

Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done", and you'll do it.