Life's Car

'Hurry up!'     No lingering by old doors of doubt -          No loitering by the way,     No waiting a To-morrow car,          When you can board To-day.     Success is somewhere down the track;          Before the chance is gone     Accelerate your laggard pace,          Swing on, I say, swing on -         Hurry up!         'Step lively!'     Belated souls are following fast,          They shout and signal, 'Wait.'     Conductor Time brooks no delay,          He rings the bell of Fate.     But you can give the man behind,          With one hand on the bar,     A final chance to brook defeat,          And board the moving car.         Step lively!         'Move up!'     Make way for others as you sit          Or stand.    This crowded earth     Has room for every journeying soul          En route to higher birth.     Ay, room and comfort, if no one          Took double share or space,     Nor let his greed and selfishness          Absorb another's place.         Move up!         'Hold fast!'     The jolting switch of obstacles          With jarring rails is near.     Stand firm of foot, be strong of grip,          Brace well and have no fear.     The Maker of the Car of Life          Foresaw that curve - Despair,     And hung the straps of faith, and hope          So you might grasp them there.         Hold fast!