It Can Be Done.


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It can be done. This is a volume of inspirational poems. Its purpose is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGS CAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. - Summary by the Authors (8 hr 46 min)

Chapters

Foreword 2:32 Read by Larry Wilson
Abou Ben Adhem BY Leigh Hunt 2:39 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Answer BY Grantland Rice 2:58 Read by Alan Mapstone
Appreciation BY William Judson Kibby 2:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Arrow and the Song BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1:31 Read by Nina Lily
Awareness BY Miriam Teichner 2:12 Read by proboomer
The Bars of Fate BY Ellen M.H. Gates 2:48 Read by AliceStein
Battle Cry BY John G. Neihardt 2:04 Read by proboomer
The Belly and the Members BY William Shakespeare 3:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
Be the Best of Whatever You Are BY Douglas Malloch 2:28 Read by proboomer
Borrowed Feathers BY Joseph Morris 2:37 Read by Kenneth the Teller
Borrowing Trouble BY Robert Burns 1:03 Read by proboomer
Brave Life BY Grantland Rice 3:34 Read by proboomer
The Call of the Unbeaten BY Grantland Rice 2:16 Read by proboomer
Can't BY Edgar A. Guest 3:31 Read by Gloria Loughry
Can You Sing a Song? BY Joseph Morris 1:17 Read by ShrimpPhish
Cares BY Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1:38 Read by Nina Lily
The Celestial Surgeon BY Robert Louis Stevenson 1:25 Read by Will
Challenge BY Jean Nette 1:15 Read by Nina Lily
The Chambered Nautilus BY Oliver Wendell Holmes 3:49 Read by Gloria Loughry
Character of a Happy Life BY Sir Henry Wotton 2:57 Read by Gloria Loughry
Clear the Way BY Charles Mackay 2:19 Read by April6090
Cleon and I BY Charles Mackay 2:39 Read by proboomer
Columbus BY Joaquin Miller 3:35 Read by Kenneth the Teller
The Conqueror BY Berton Braley 3:20 Read by Gloria Loughry
Co-operation BY J. Mason Knox 1:03 Read by Kenneth the Teller
Courage BY Florence Earle Coates 1:20 Read by Ingrid Falck
Cowards BY William Shakespeare 1:07 Read by Gloria Loughry
A Creed BY Edwin Markham 1:14 Read by Patrick the sleep inducer
The Daffodils BY William Wordsworth 2:08 Read by Amy Gramour
Days of Cheer BY James W. Foley 2:34 Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier
December 31 BY S.E. Kiser 2:05 Read by Patrick the sleep inducer
De Sunflower Ain't de Daisy BY Anonymous 2:30 Read by Papa Phish
The Disappointed BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2:39 Read by AliceStein
Duty BY Ralph Waldo Emerson 1:07 Read by Kenneth the Teller
Duty BY Edwin Markham 0:46 Read by ShrimpPhish
Envoi BY John G. Neihardt 1:46 Read by Phil Schempf
Essentials BY St. Clair Adams 1:16 Read by Nina Lily
Fable BY Ralph Waldo Emerson 1:32 Read by Nina Lily
Fairy Song BY John Keats 1:46 Read by ShrimpPhish
Faith BY S.E. Kiser 1:07 Read by Larry Wilson
Faith BY Edward Rowland Sill 2:36 Read by Larry Wilson
The Fighter BY S.E. Kiser 2:32 Read by proboomer
The Fighting Failure BY Everard Jack Appleton 3:45 Read by John Biebel
The Firm of Grin and Barrett BY Sam Walter Foss 3:12 Read by Brian Fullen
Four Things BY Henry Van Dyke 1:15 Read by Mike R
Friends of Mine BY James W. Foley 1:48 Read by Brian Fullen
The Game BY Grantland Rice 2:49 Read by proboomer
The Gifts of God BY George Herbert 2:07 Read by KevinS
The Gift BY Robert Burns 1:21 Read by proboomer
Gladness BY Anna Hempstead Branch 1:58 Read by AliceStein
The Glad Song BY Joseph Morris 1:17 Read by proboomer
God BY Gamaliel Bradford 1:21 Read by proboomer
Good Deeds BY William Shakespeare 1:15 Read by PaulGrancio
Good Intentions BY St. Clair Adams 1:58 Read by Nina Lily
A Good Name BY William Shakespeare 1:51 Read by Ingrid Falck
Gradatim BY G. Holland 2:52 Read by Carl Thomas
Gray Days BY Griffith Alexander 2:10 Read by ShrimpPhish
The Greatness of the Soul BY Alfred Tennyson 1:55 Read by John Biebel
Grief BY Angela Morgan 1:39 Read by Ingrid Falck
The Grumpy Guy BY Griffith Alexander 4:01 Read by Larry Wilson
The Happy Heart BY Thomas Dekker 1:57 Read by ShrimpPhish
The Has-Beens BY Walt Mason 1:46 Read by ShrimpPhish
Having Done and Doing BY William Shakespeare 4:05 Read by Gloria Loughry
Heinelet BY Gamaliel Bradford 1:02 Read by Carl Thomas
Helpin' Out BY William Judson Kibby 3:27 Read by ShrimpPhish
Here's Hopin' BY Frank L. Stanton 1:31 Read by Carl Thomas
A Hero BY Florence Earle Coates 1:41 Read by John Biebel
He Whom a Dream Hath Possessed BY Sheamus O Sheel 2:03 Read by ShrimpPhish
His Ally BY William Rose Benét 1:42 Read by Carl Thomas
Hoe Your Row BY Frank L. Stanton 1:09 Read by ShrimpPhish
Hold Fast BY Everard Jack Appleton 2:51 Read by Gloria Loughry
Hope BY Anonymous 1:49 Read by Carl Thomas
A Hopeful Brother BY Frank L. Stanton 1:41 Read by Toby Reed
The House by the Side of the Road BY Sam Walter Foss 2:56 Read by Tamara Kuppa
How Did You Die? BY Edmund Vance Cooke 2:09 Read by Carl Thomas
How Do You Tackle Your Work? BY Edgar A. Guest 2:09 Read by Carl Thomas
A Hymn to Happiness BY James W. Foley 2:14 Read by ShrimpPhish
If BY John Kendrick Bangs 2:36 Read by Carl Thomas
If BY Rudyard Kipling 4:28 Read by Asher Veyn
If I Should Die BY Ben King 1:51 Read by Carl Thomas
If You Can't Go Over or Under, Go Round BY Joseph Morris 3:00 Read by Phil Schempf
I'm Glad BY Anonymous 0:50 Read by Gloria Loughry
The Inner Light BY John Milton 1:12 Read by Christopher Fried
Invictus BY William Ernest Henley 1:25 Read by Carl Thomas
Is It Raining, Little Flower? By Anonymous 1:20 Read by ShrimpPhish
It Couldn't Be Done BY Edgar A. Guest 2:46 Read by Nina Lily
It May Be BY S.E. Riser 1:23 Read by Carl Thomas
It Won't Stay Blowed BY St. Clair Adams 2:39 Read by ShrimpPhish
Jaw BY St. Clair Adams 1:36 Read by ShrimpPhish
The Joy of Living BY Gamaliel Bradford 1:31 Read by ShrimpPhish
Just Be Glad BY James Whitcomb Riley 1:49 Read by Tamara Kuppa
Just Whistle BY Frank L. Stanton 1:53 Read by Phil Schempf
Keep A-Goin'! BY Frank L. Stanton 1:50 Read by Gloria Loughry
Keep On Keepin' On BY Anonymous 1:47 Read by Gloria Loughry
Keep Sweet BY Strickland W. Gillilan 1:56 Read by ShrimpPhish
The Kingdom of Man BY John Kendrick Bangs 1:37 Read by ShrimpPhish
Know Thyself BY Angela Morgan 4:35 Read by John Biebel
Laugh a Little Bit BY Edmund Vance Cooke 2:11 Read by Mike R
A Lesson from History BY Joseph Morris 1:52 Read by Amy Gramour
Let Me Live Out My Years BY John G. Neihardt 1:36 Read by Phil Schempf
Life BY Griffith Alexander 1:48 Read by Carl Thomas
Life BY Edward Rowland Sill 1:05 Read by Carl Thomas
Life BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1:29 Read by Carl Thomas
Life and Death BY Anna Barbauld 1:20 Read by AliceStein
Life and Death BY Ernest H. Crosby 2:09 Read by Phil Schempf
Life, not Death BY Alfred Tennyson 1:09 Read by Ingrid Falck
The Life Without Passion BY William Shakespeare 2:16 Read by Phil Schempf
The Lion Path BY Charlotte Perkins Gilman 2:47 Read by AliceStein
Lions and Ants BY Walt Mason 1:30 Read by Christine Phelps
A Little Prayer BY S.E. Kiser 1:23 Read by Christine Phelps
A Little Thankful Song BY Frank L. Stanton 1:36 Read by ShrimpPhish
Lose the Day Loitering BY Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1:23 Read by Carl Thomas
Man, Bird, and God BY Robert Browning 1:28 Read by Will
Man or Manikin BY Richard Butler Glaenzer 2:05 Read by Adrian Stephens
A Man's a Man for A' That BY Robert Burns 3:54 Read by Adrian Stephens
The Man Who Frets at Worldly Strife BY Joseph Rodman Drake 1:52 Read by Adrian Stephens
Meetin' Trouble BY Everard Jack Appleton 2:31 Read by Adrian Stephens
"Might Have Been" BY Grantland Rice 2:09 Read by Adrian Stephens
Mistress Fate BY William Rose Benét 1:41 Read by Carl Thomas
Morality BY Matthew Arnold 1:50 Read by Narrative Nate
My Creed BY S.E. Kiser 2:03 Read by ShrimpPhish
My Philosophy BY James Whitcomb Riley 2:10 Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier
My Triumph BY John Greenleaf Whittier 3:52 Read by John Biebel
My Wage BY Jessie B. Rittenhouse 1:12 Read by ShrimpPhish
Never Trouble Trouble BY St. Clair Adams 1:38 Read by ShrimpPhish
The New Duckling BY Alfred Noyes 3:32 Read by mleigh
The Noble Nature BY Ben Jonson 1:25 Read by Christopher Fried
Ode to Duty BY William Wordsworth 4:10 Read by ShrimpPhish
On Being Ready BY Grantland Rice 2:00 Read by ShrimpPhish
On Down the Road BY Grantland Rice 1:39 Read by ShrimpPhish
One Fight More BY Theodosia Garrison 1:57 Read by AliceStein
One of These Days BY James W. Foley 2:46 Read by ShrimpPhish
The One BY Everard Jack Appleton 2:58 Read by ShrimpPhish
Opening Paradise BY Thomas Gray 0:59 Read by Carl Thomas
Opportunity BY Berton Braley 2:37 Read by Gloria Loughry
Opportunity BY John James Ingalls 2:22 Read by John Biebel
Opportunity BY Walter Malone 2:15 Read by Carl Thomas
Opportunity BY Edwin Markham 1:32 Read by Carl Thomas
Opportunity BY William Shakespeare 1:02 Read by Ingrid Falck
Opportunity BY Edward Rowland Sill 2:08 Read by Carl Thomas
Order and the Bees BY William Shakespeare 2:32 Read by Phil Schempf
Ownership BY St. Clair Adams 2:58 Read by Carl Thomas
Painting the Lily BY William Shakespeare 1:19 Read by ShrimpPhish
Per Aspera BY Florence Earle Coates 1:17 Read by Carl Thomas
The Pessimist BY Ben King 1:54 Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier
A Philosopher BY John Kendrick Bangs 1:33 Read by Carl Thomas
Philosophy for Croakers BY Joseph Morris 2:48 Read by Carl Thomas
Pippa's Song BY Robert Browning 1:25 Read by Asher Veyn
Playing the Game BY Anonymous 1:52 Read by Dixie-Ann S. Dedier
Playing the Game BY Berton Braley 2:35 Read by ShrimpPhish
Play the Game BY Henry Newbolt 2:18 Read by ShrimpPhish
Polonius's Advice to Laertes BY William Shakespeare 2:35 Read by Phil Schempf
A Poor Unfortunate BY Frank L. Stanton 2:05 Read by ShrimpPhish
Praise the Generous Gods for Giving BY William Ernest Henley 1:30 Read by Amy Gramour
A Prayer BY Theodosia Garrison 2:31 Read by Harini Shankar
Prayer for Pain BY John G. Neihardt 2:15 Read by ShrimpPhish
Preparedness BY Edwin Markham 1:01 Read by Avern Williams
Press On BY Park Benjamin 2:22 Read by Harini Shankar
A Pretty Good World BY Frank L. Stanton 2:11 Read by Vincent Spring
A Problem to Be Solved BY St. Clair Adams 1:39 Read by Lia Lallo
Prometheus Unbound BY Percy Bysshe Shelley 1:36 Read by James Kruk
Prospice BY Robert Browning 2:09 Read by Lia Lallo
A Psalm of Life BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3:38 Read by annuntio202
The Quitter BY Robert W. Service 2:27 Read by Phil Schempf
Rabbi Ben Ezra BY Robert Browning 2:19 Read by Carl Thomas
The Rainbow BY William Wordsworth 1:17 Read by ShrimpPhish
The Rectifying Years BY St. Clair Adams 2:19 Read by MexIrishBrian
Resolve BY Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1:31 Read by AliceStein
The Richer Mines BY John Kendrick Bangs 1:40 Read by Phil Schempf
Ring Out, Wild Bells BY Alfred Tennyson 2:33 Read by John Biebel
Rules for the Road BY Edwin Markham 1:14 Read by Narrative Nate
Sadness and Merriment BY William Shakespeare 2:28 Read by Lia Lallo
Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth BY Arthur Hugh Clough 2:56 Read by kathasears
See It Through BY Edgar A. Guest 2:28 Read by Larry Wilson
Self-Dependence BY Matthew Arnold 3:45 Read by kathasears
Serenity BY Lord Byron 0:52 Read by ShrimpPhish
Sit Down, Sad Soul BY Bryan Waller Procter 1:54 Read by John Biebel
Sleep and the Monarch BY William Shakespeare 2:37 Read by April6090
Slogan BY Jane M'Lean 1:15 Read by ShrimpPhish
Smiles BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1:58 Read by LotusSeven
A Smiling Paradox BY John Kendrick Bangs 1:30 Read by kathasears
Solitude BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2:42 Read by Gloria Loughry
Song of Endeavor BY James W. Foley 2:19 Read by LotusSeven
A Song of Life BY Angela Morgan 1:51 Read by ShrimpPhish
A Song of Thanksgiving BY Angela Morgan 3:03 Read by ShrimpPhish
A Song of To-morrow BY Frank L. Stanton 0:58 Read by ShrimpPhish
Stability BY William Shakespeare 2:27 Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison
Stand Forth! BY Angela Morgan 2:16 Read by Ingrid Falck
Start Where You Stand BY Berton Braley 2:44 Read by Avern Williams
Steadfast BY Everard Jack Appleton 1:57 Read by Phil Schempf
The Stone Rejected BY Edwin Markham 1:42 Read by Larry Wilson
The Struggle BY Miriam Teichner 2:06 Read by AliceStein
Submission BY Miriam Teichner 2:24 Read by AliceStein
Success BY Berton Braley 2:03 Read by Harini Shankar
Swellitis BY Joseph Morris 2:37 Read by MexIrishBrian
The Syndicated Smile BY St. Clair Adams 2:30 Read by Brian Fullen
There Will Always Be Something to Do BY Edgar A. Guest 2:25 Read by April6090
Thick Is the Darkness BY William Ernest Henley 1:03 Read by MexIrishBrian
The Things That Haven't Been Done Before BY Edgar A. Guest 2:39 Read by Patrick the sleep inducer
This World BY Frank L. Stanton 0:47 Read by MexIrishBrian
Times Go By Turns BY Robert Southwell 3:04 Read by kathasears
Tit for Tat BY St. Clair Adams 3:43 Read by Rachel Whitehorn
To Althea from Prison BY Richard Lovelace 2:41 Read by Christopher Fried
A Toast to Merriment BY James W. Foley 2:29 Read by Phil Schempf
To a Young Man BY Edgar A. Guest 2:50 Read by Phil Schempf
To-day BY Thomas Carlyle 1:17 Read by Phil Schempf
To-day BY Douglas Malloch 2:15 Read by John Biebel
To Melancholy BY John Kendrick Bangs 1:58 Read by Asher Veyn
To the Men Who Lose BY Anonymous 2:36 Read by John Biebel
To Those Who Fail BY Joaquin Miller 2:02 Read by Larry Wilson
To Youth After Pain BY Margaret Widdemer 2:04 Read by AliceStein
The Trainers BY Grantland Rice 3:15 Read by Brian Fullen
Two at a Fireside BY Edwin Markham 0:46 Read by April6090
Two Raindrops BY Joseph Morris 2:14 Read by April6090
Ultimate Act BY Henry Bryan Binns 1:39 Read by Owlivia
Ulysses BY Alfred Tennyson 7:25 Read by John Biebel
Unafraid BY Everard Jack Appleton 1:05 Read by Vincent Spring
Undismayed BY James W. Foley 2:31 Read by Harini Shankar
The Unmusical Soloist BY Joseph Morris 3:53 Read by Vincent Spring
Unsubdued BY S.E. Kiser 2:13 Read by Ingrid Falck
Victory BY Miriam Teichner 1:45 Read by John Biebel
Victory in Defeat BY Edwin Markham 1:27 Read by Larry Wilson
Wanted—a Man BY St. Clair Adams 2:29 Read by Owlivia
The Welcome Man BY Walt Mason 1:55 Read by Amy Gramour
What Dark Days Do BY Everard Jack Appleton 2:24 Read by Harini Shankar
When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted BY Rudyard Kipling 3:34 Read by Gloria Loughry
When Nature Wants a Man BY Angela Morgan 6:25 Read by Harini Shankar
Will BY Alfred Tennyson 1:53 Read by Christopher Fried
Will BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2:02 Read by AliceStein
The Wisdom of Folly BY Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler 2:01 Read by AliceStein
Wishing BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2:14 Read by AliceStein
The Woman Who Understands BY Everard Jack Appleton 3:58 Read by Brian Fullen
The Word BY John Kendrick Bangs 2:07 Read by MamaPhish
Work BY Angela Morgan 4:37 Read by Harini Shankar
Work BY Henry Van Dyke 1:40 Read by Larry Wilson
The World Is Against Me BY Edgar A. Guest 2:30 Read by Tamara Kuppa
Worth While BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2:20 Read by AliceStein
You May Count That Day BY George Eliot 2:54 Read by AliceStein
Your Mission BY Ellen M.H. Gates 2:47 Read by AliceStein