Frank Lebby Stanton, born in 1857, was an influential American lyricist and Georgia’s first poet laureate. Renowned for his dialect poetry and editorial work at the Atlanta Constitution, Stanton collaborated with notable composers, blending Southern culture and progressive ideals in his writings.
‘Keep A-Goin’’ by Frank Lebby Stanton is a simple poem about the path one walks in life and what should happen if one runs into hardship.
Ef you strike a thorn or rose,
Keep a-goin'!
Ef it hails, or ef it snows,
Keep a-goin!
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