Humbled With Age Poem by Ima Ryma

He was as a young man quite vain
And selfishly ambitious to
Use the military as main
Means to quick rise in rank to do.
But the young man struggled and failed
In each endeavor he did try,
Battles lost, commissions derailed
Made a very insecure guy.
Along this hard way he became
More humble the older he got.
With his coming success and fame
He learned from his mistakes a lot.

George Washington's humility -
Chose not to be king he could be.