With doubt and dismay you are smitten
You think there's no chance for you, son?
Why, the best books haven't been written
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For as long as progress and success are dynamic, indeed the best of things are yet to come. Beautiful poem bristling with insight. I concur with the conviction of the poem. A great piece indeed. Thanks for sharing.
The highest peak has been climbed. It was climbed about 60 years ago. It is called Mount Everest.
When Berton Braley wrote this Poem (about 1917) , Everest still hadn't been conquered. But interpretation can point 'peak' to any of the challenges that life throws at us.