Encouraged
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.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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.
A quiet, tender thank-you lies at the heart of these four lines. The speaker looks back on a success—implied but not detailed—and traces it directly to another person’s love and faith. There’s no prideful boasting, only a humble admission that, without that trust, failure was certain.
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