Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1913 — The ONLOOKER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The ONLOOKER

by HENRY HOWLAND

You may laugh at my plans, you may say I’m a fool to expect to succeed; You may try to heap things in my way, You may answer me “No” when ] plead; You may plot to destroy me and meet My every advance with a frown. You may spread out your snares for my feet. But you can’t keep me down! You may question my right to aspire, You may rail at ray wish to mount high; You may hold back the aid I require, My worth you may grimly deny; You may try to entice me away From the path that leads up to renown. You may scourge roe and scoff and betray, But you can’t keep me down! You may bring all your ctrtinig to bear, For the purpose of breaking my will; You may load me with fetters to wear, You may rail at my strength and my : skill. You may rob me of love and of trust, You may call me knave, coward ©i clown, , You may press my face into the dust. But you can’t keep me down!