Poem · Paul Laurence Dunbar
Encouraged
“Encouraged” by Paul Laurence Dunbar: full text of the poem (4 lines, 33 words), quatrains. Public domain.
Because you love me I have much achieved,
Had you despised me then I must have failed,
But since I knew you trusted and believed,
I could not disappoint you and so prevailed.
Typesetting this poem in a book
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| 5 x 8 in | 55 characters | Fits |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in Digest | 62 characters | Fits |
| 6 x 9 in US Trade | 67 characters | Fits |
| 7 x 10 in Executive | 81 characters | Fits |
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Sources & data
- Text from PoetryDB (public domain).