BETTER.

There's only one motto you need To succeed: "Better." To other man's winning? Then you Must do Better. From the baking of bread To the breaking a head, From rhyming a ballad To sliming a salad, From mending of ditches To spending of riches, Follow the rule to the uttermost letter: "Better!"

Of course you may say but a few Can do Better; And you're going to strive So that all may thrive Better. And it's right you are To follow the star, Set in the heavens, afar, afar; But still with your eyes On the skies It is wise To be riding a mule, Or guiding a school, Thatching a hovel Or hatching a novel, Foretelling weather, Or selling shoe-leather; And remember you must Be doing it just A wee dust Better.

And 'tis quite As right For you to cite That the author might, Or ought, to write A heavenly sight Better! For which sharp word I am much your debtor, Knowing none other could file my fetter Better.