Lyric Poem · Love
Encouraged
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.
This poem is in the public domain.
“Encouraged” by Paul Laurence Dunbar — quilloak.com/poems/encouraged
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