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Poem
October 2, 1901
The Chickasha Daily Express
Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
What is this article about?
This didactic poem personifies 'Half-Way Town' as a dreary place of abandoned projects and half-done work, warning against procrastination and encouraging persistent effort to avoid it.
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An easy road runs smoothly down
To Half-Way Town:
For everything that's but begun,
And everything that's never done.
Just rolls aside and, one by one,
Goes Into Half-Way Town.
Half-finished walls are tumbling down
In Half-Way Town.
Half-finished streets are always lined
With half-done work of every kind
And all the world just lags behind
In dreary Half-Way Town.
Keep straight along, and don't look down
Toward Half-Way Town.
They say, If every one should try
To keep on moving, brisk and spry,
We should discover, by and by,
There'd be no Half-Way Town.
-Youth's Companion
To Half-Way Town:
For everything that's but begun,
And everything that's never done.
Just rolls aside and, one by one,
Goes Into Half-Way Town.
Half-finished walls are tumbling down
In Half-Way Town.
Half-finished streets are always lined
With half-done work of every kind
And all the world just lags behind
In dreary Half-Way Town.
Keep straight along, and don't look down
Toward Half-Way Town.
They say, If every one should try
To keep on moving, brisk and spry,
We should discover, by and by,
There'd be no Half-Way Town.
-Youth's Companion
What sub-type of article is it?
Didactic Verse
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Half Way Town
Unfinished Tasks
Perseverance
Moral Instruction
Procrastination
What entities or persons were involved?
Youth's Companion
Poem Details
Author
Youth's Companion
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
An Easy Road Runs Smoothly Down
To Half Way Town:
For Everything That's But Begun,
And Everything That's Never Done.
Keep Straight Along, And Don't Look Down
Toward Half Way Town.
They Say, If Every One Should Try
To Keep On Moving, Brisk And Spry,
We Should Discover, By And By,
There'd Be No Half Way Town.