They saw their injured ...

They saw their injured country\'s woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.
They saw their injured country's woe; The flaming town, the wasted field; Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, - but left the shield.
 Philip Freneau

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
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 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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Quotes from the same author

If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower.
 Philip Freneau
They saw their injured country's woe.
 Philip Freneau