Say to them,say to the down-keepers,the sun-slappers,the....

“ Say to them,say to the down-keepers,the sun-slappers,the self-soilers,the harmony-hushers,"Even if you are not ready for dayit cannot always be night."You will be right.For that is the hard home-run.Live not for battles won.Live not for the-end-of-the-song.Live in the along. ”

Gwendolyn Brooks

From : Selected Poems