Explore "Dead Sea Fruit" by Madison Cawein on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
/ All things have power to hold us back. / Our very hopes build up a wall / Of doubt, whose shadow stretches black / O'er all.
/ The dreams, that helped us once, become / Dread disappointments, that oppose / Dead eyes to ours, and lips made dumb / With woes.
/ The thoughts that opened doors before / Within the mind's house, hide away; / Discouragement hath locked each door / For aye.
/ Come, loss, more frequently than gain! / And failure than success! until / The spirit's struggle to attain / Is still!