3 Oh, failure, bringing thoughts depressing dark.
4 Oh wasted chances, precious minutes lost,
5 What curious confluence of skill and luck
6 Combining take a toll of dreadful cost.
7 Before, success lay quivering so near,
8 It flees from even hope forever now
9 Full banished, still accompanied by leers
10 A stigma ever daring not to bow.
11 As wine and vinegar, if not for both,
12 The rich bouquet would not be deep in tone,
13 A contrast making every tastebud loathe
14 The simple beauty that each owns alone.
15 And same it is for failure and reward,
16 For only risk of loss can make one lord.