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Somebody said it couldn't be done. But he with a chuckle replied, That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one Who wouldn't say so 'till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin On his face. If he worried, he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done. And he did. Somebody scoffed, "Oh, you'll never do that At least no one ever has done it." But he took off his coat, and he took off his hat, And the first thing we know, he'd begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or "quit-it". He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't done. And he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done. There are thousands to prophesy failure. There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you But just buckle in, with a bit of a grin; Just take off your coat and go to it. Just start in to sing as yout tackle the thing That cannot be done--and you'll do it!


Edgar Guest


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Did you know about Edgar Guest?

His great-niece Judith Guest is a successful novelist who wrote Ordinary People. Guest's poem "It Couldn't Be Done" was recited by Idris Elba on the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award on 16th December 2012 whilst celebrating Team GB and Paralympics GB winning the team award for 2012. Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan the only poet to have been awarded the title.

For 40 years Guest was widely read throughout North America and his sentimental optimistic poems were in the same vein as the light verse of Nick Kenny who wrote syndicated columns during the same decades. His popularity led to a weekly Detroit radio show which he hosted from 1931 until 1942 followed by a 1951 NBC television series A Guest in Your Home.

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