IF (Rudyard Kipling)


IF ­ (Rudyard Kipling)
If you can keep ________ head when all about you
________ losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself _________ all men doubt you
,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not _________ tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, _________ deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way ______ hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk _________ wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams _________ master;
If you can _________ - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can __________ with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those _________ impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear __________ truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the ___________ you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ' em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of ________ your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and __________ again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about __________ loss;
If you can force your __________ and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after ___________ are gone,
And so hold on when _________ is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can _________ with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or __________ with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes _________ loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none __________ much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and _____________ that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a ___________, my son!
(EJERCICIO: ¡Pues claro! Intenta completar el poema con palabras que tengan sentido y que mantengan el ritmo.)

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