Sunday, June 3, 2018

To Jefferson Davis On His Birthday



"Truth crushed to the earth is truth still,
and like a seed will rise again."
-Jefferson Davis



Jefferson Davis
(1808-1889)
Mexican War hero
U.S. Senator from Mississippi
President of the Confederate States of America



There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,

Can circumvent, or hinder, or control

The firm resolve of a determined soul.

Gifts count for nothing, will alone is great;

All things give way before it soon or late.

What obstacle can stay the mighty force

Of the sea-seeking river in its course,

Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait?

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.

Let the fool prate of luck.

The fortunate is he whose earnest purpose never swerves

Whose slightest action or inaction serves

One great aim.

Why, even Death stands still

And waits an hour sometimes

For such a will.



"Determination"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(1850-1919)
American poet



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