To Reach a Goal
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document.writeln(" Attempting to Reach a Goal ");
document.writeln(" I would rather stumble a thousand times
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document.writeln(" Attempting to reach a goal
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document.writeln(" Than to sit in a crowd
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document.writeln(" In my weather-proof shroud
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document.writeln(" A shriveled and self-satisfied soul.
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document.writeln(" I would rather be doing and daring
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document.writeln(" All of my error-filled days
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document.writeln(" Than watching, and waiting,
and dying
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document.writeln(" Smug in my perfect ways.
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document.writeln(" I would rather wonder and blunder
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document.writeln(" Stumbling blindly ahead
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document.writeln(" Than for safety\'s sake
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document.writeln(" Lest I make a mistake
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document.writeln(" Be sure, be safe, be dead. ");
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