If by Rudyard Kipling (Poem Reading)

Duncan Brown

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Description

A comforting and encouraging reading of Rudyard Kipling's \"If\", read as if to a son on his father's knee.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

British (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
if you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you. But make allowance for their doubting, too. If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, we're being lied about. Don't deal in lies or being hated. Don't give way to hating. And yet don't look too good nor talk to wise if you can dream and I'll make dreams your master. If you can think and not make thoughts, your aim. If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same. If you can bear to hear the truth, you spoken, twisted by natives to make a trap for fools or watch the things you gave your life to broken and stupid. Build him up with one out tools. If you could make a heap of all your winnings and risk it all on one turn of pitch and toss and lose and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss. If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they're gone, and so hold on. When there's nothing in you except the will which says to them, Hold on. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue or walk with kings nor lose the common touch if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you If all men count with you but known too much If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run, yours is the earth and everything that's in it. And which is more He will be a man, my son.