TABLE OF CONTENTS

Desiderata Poem ii

1st - 3rd Stanza 1

4th - 7th Stanza 2

8th Stanza 3

9th Stanza 4

10th Stanza 5

11th Stanza 6

10 Duplicates of Stanza 11 7

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1st - 3rd Stanza
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,

even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

AVOID LOUD AND AGGRESSIVE PERSONS; THEY ARE VEXATIOUS

TO THE SPIRIT. IF YOU COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS,
YOU MAY BECOME VAIN OR BITTER, FOR ALWAYS
THERE WILL BE GREATER AND LESSER PERSONS THAN YOURSELF.

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4th - 7th Stanza
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,

for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

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8th Stanza
Nurture strength of spirit
to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

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9th Stanza
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.

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10th Stanza
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.

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11th Stanza
And whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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10 Duplicates of Stanza 11 And whatever your labors and aspirations,
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life, keep
in the noisy confusion of life, keep
peace in your soul.
peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken
With all its sham, drudgery and broken
dreams,
dreams,
it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Strive to be happy.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life, keep
in the noisy confusion of life, keep
peace in your soul.
peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken
With all its sham, drudgery and broken
dreams,
dreams,
it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Strive to be happy.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life, keep
in the noisy confusion of life, keep
peace in your soul.
peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken
With all its sham, drudgery and broken
dreams,
dreams,
it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Strive to be happy.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,

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 in the noisy confusion of life, keep in the noisy confusion of life, keep

peace in your soul. peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken With all its sham, drudgery and broken

dreams, dreams,

it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy. Strive to be happy.

And whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life, keep

peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken

dreams,

it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

And whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life, keep

peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken

dreams,

it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

And whatever your labors and aspirations,