How Did You Play the Game?

Then Pleasure in the Primrose Path
Beset your soul with guile,
Did you remember Faith and Love
That make this life worth while?

When Trouble came and piled his load
Upon your weary back,
Did you brace-up and carry-on,
Or drop down in your track?

When Death and Danger menaced you,
And Fear came armed to slay,
Did you buck-up and face the fight,
Or did you run away?

When life's great Scorer marks the card,
He will not ask for fame,
Nor, " Did you win or lose? " but —
" How did you play the game? "