Show Just u Folks o 11 s Guest B e garl ar arThe t J The Pioneer Pi Pioneer neer i ft T This Is the lot of the pioneer He must keep his faith when his fellows sneer He must follow his vision brave of heart And go it alone when his friends depart There are kinfolks many whom he must shun Lest they break his will with It It cant can't be done He must deafen his ears and blind his eyes To the few whom his world believes all all wise For not often a wise man further looks Than the final word in the newest books And books are just with what's done concerned With seldom a word of what may be learned Thus he who Is bound for a better way Must cope with discouragement night and day And he who would venture for triumphs new Leads a lonely life and a a hard one too tool Copyright 1943 Edgar A. A Guest |