Neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you
Yours is the earth and everything it contains
You serve your turn with nerve and sinew
You risk it all unafraid of pain
Lose and start again at your beginnings
But never breathe a word about your loss
If you could fill the unforgiving minute
All men would count on you but none too much
Two imposters just the same
Triumph disaster who's to blame
You can walk with kings is that your aim
Lose the common touch can you recall your name
Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs
Blaming you
You can trust yourself
To make allowance for their doubts
And their lies about
The truths that you've spoken
Twisted to make traps for fools
Then watch everything you gave your life to broken
And hold on when there's nothing left