Someone said that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuck­le replied
That “may­be it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.

Some­bo­dy scof­fed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it;”
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.

The­re are thou­sands to tell you it can­not be done,
The­re are thou­sands to pro­phe­sy failure,
The­re are thou­sands to point out to you one by one,
The dan­gers that wait to assail you.

But just buck­le in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start in to sing as you tack­le the thing
That “can­not be done,” and you’ll do it.

Edgar Albert Guest

Voka­bel­tipps:
to chuck­le: schmun­zeln, kichern
to scoff: spotten
to assail sb: jdn angrei­fen, überfallen
to buck­le in: anschnallen
to tack­le sth: etw. anpacken/angehen

via der eng­lisch blog