A POEM ON WILL

 

A POEM ON WILL

‘WILL’ is the title of a best loved poem written by the American poet Ella Wheeler  Wilcox (1850-1919) . She is also famous for her poem titled ‘Solitude’ which opens with the lines “Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep and you weep alone.”

Some inspirational quotes on will are: (1) Where there is a will, there is way. (2) Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy. (3) We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be in our power, and indeed there is nothing really in our own power except the will: on this are necessarily based and founded all the principles that regulate the duty of man. (4) Work usually follows will. (5) The will is the strong blind man who carries on his shoulders the lame man who can see.

The quote   ‘Where there ‘s a will, there is a way’ means if you really want to do something, you will find a way to do it, even if there are circumstances that make hard to do it.      According to a part of Wilcox’s poem:  

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?

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G.R.Kanwal

12^th May 2024