Courage Poem by Amelia Earhart
Courage
Courage is the price that Life exacts
for granting peace.
The soul that knows it not
Knows no release from little things:
Knows not the livid loneliness of fear,
Nor mountain heights where bitter
joy can hear
The sound of wings.
How can life grant us boon of living,
compensate
For dull gray ugliness and pregnant
hate
Unless we dare
The soul's dominion? Each time we
make a choice, we pay
With courage to behold the resistless
day,
And count it fair.
I really like this poem, i think its saying that we need courage in this world!
This poem is the basis of the song " Courage" in Christopher Tin's musical album: " To Shiver the Sky"
Actually her original ward was “resistless”. Meaning the day is coming like it or not.
Correction - the poem should read, “..behold the restless day“, not “resistless“
Have loved this poem all my life. Am a pilot myself and grew up with her story and this poem.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Wonderful composition & explanatory poem. Courage enables us to get whatever we want in life! Thanks for sharing such an inspiring poem.