The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe Household Edition : with illustrations |
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WHERE THERE 'S A WILL THERE 'S A WAY.
“Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.”
It was a noble Roman,
In Rome's imperial day,
Who heard a coward croaker,
Before the Castle, say:
“They 're safe in such a fortress;
There is no way to shake it!”
“On—on!” exclaimed the hero,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
In Rome's imperial day,
Who heard a coward croaker,
Before the Castle, say:
“They 're safe in such a fortress;
There is no way to shake it!”
“On—on!” exclaimed the hero,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
Is Fame your aspiration?
Her path is steep and high;
In vain he seeks her temple,
Content to gaze and sigh:
The shining throne is waiting,
But he alone can take it
Who says, with Roman firmness,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
Her path is steep and high;
In vain he seeks her temple,
Content to gaze and sigh:
The shining throne is waiting,
But he alone can take it
Who says, with Roman firmness,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
Is Learning your ambition?
There is no royal road;
Alike the peer and peasant
Must climb to her abode:
Who feels the thirst of knowledge,
In Helicon may slake it,
If he has still the Roman will
“To find a way, or make it!”
There is no royal road;
Alike the peer and peasant
Must climb to her abode:
Who feels the thirst of knowledge,
In Helicon may slake it,
If he has still the Roman will
“To find a way, or make it!”
Are Riches worth the getting?
They must be bravely sought;
With wishing and with fretting
The boon cannot be bought:
To all the prize is open,
But only he can take it
Who says, with Roman courage,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
They must be bravely sought;
With wishing and with fretting
The boon cannot be bought:
To all the prize is open,
But only he can take it
Who says, with Roman courage,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
In Love's impassioned warfare
The tale has ever been,
That victory crowns the valiant,—
The brave are they who win:
Though strong is Beauty's castle,
A lover still make take it,
Who says, with Roman daring,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
The tale has ever been,
That victory crowns the valiant,—
The brave are they who win:
Though strong is Beauty's castle,
A lover still make take it,
Who says, with Roman daring,
“I'll find a way, or make it!”
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