Living
Encouraged
Living
Because you love me I have much achieved,
Had you despised me then I must have failed,
But since I knew you trusted and believed,
I could not disappoint you and so prevailed.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “Encouraged.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/327/.
Chicago
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “Encouraged.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/327/.
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