Keep A-Pluggin' Away

I've a humble little motto     That is homely, though it 's true,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     It's a thing when I 've an object     That I always try to do,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     When you 've rising storms to quell,     When opposing waters swell,     It will never fail to tell,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     If the hills are high before     And the paths are hard to climb,     Keep a-pluggin' away.     And remember that successes     Come to him who bides his time,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     From the greatest to the least,     None are from the rule released.     Be thou toiler, poet, priest,     Keep a-pluggin' away.     Delve away beneath the surface,     There is treasure farther down,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     Let the rain come down in torrents,     Let the threat'ning heavens frown,     Keep a-pluggin' away.     When the clouds have rolled away,     There will come a brighter day     All your labor to repay,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     There 'll be lots of sneers to swallow,     There 'll be lots of pain to bear,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     If you 've got your eye on heaven,     Some bright day you 'll wake up there,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.     Perseverance still is king;     Time its sure reward will bring;     Work and wait unwearying,--     Keep a-pluggin' away.