“Heights that the great men reached,
Were not attained by sudden flights;
While their companions slept,
They toiled upward in the nights”.

When my friend heard these words,
He declared to the house outright,
‘Now on, I would sleep in the day
Working upwards through the night’.

The journalist from press heard this,
In interview asked him that and this;
My friend spoke of Lottery and Number
Press presumed truth and this wonder.

News on the air, photo in the papers,
Talk on television, rush of flowers.

What the great men achieved,
Toiling hard in the nights;
My friend reached this height,
Sleeping day and waking night.

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