Move Up! Hold Fast!
A moral verse by the popular poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, reprinted from Cosmopolitan Magazine, likening life's journey to a crowded streetcar ride.
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Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905 · Page 2
Ella Wheeler Wilcox1 min readAnd 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; Aye, room and comfort if no one's Took double share of 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 the curve—Despair— And hung the straps of Faith and Will So you might grasp them there. Hold fast!
—ELLA WHEELER WILCOX in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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