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Whatever your work and whatever its worth,

No matter how strong and clever,

Some one will sneer if you pause to hear,

And scoff at your best endeavor.

For the target art has a broad expanse,

And wherever you chance to hit it,

Though close be your aim to the bulls-eye fame

There are those who will never admit it.

Though the house applauds while the artist plays

And a smiling world adores him,

Somebody is there with an ennuied air

To say that the acting bores him.

For the tower of art has a lofty spire,

With many a stair and landing,

And those who climb seem small of time

To one at the bottom standing.

So work along in your chosen niche

With a steady purpose to nerve you;

Let nothing men say who pass your way

Relax your courage or swerve you.

The idle will flock by the Temple of Art

For just the pleasure of gazing,

But climb to the top and do not stop

Though they may not be all praising.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox.