The Nameless Strength
Behind a Long-Standing Vow
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Machu Picchu, in the Andes
I may not reach the heights I seek,
My untried
strength may fail me;
Or, half-way
up the mountain peak
Fierce
tempests may assail me.
But though
that place I never gain,
Herein lies comfort
for my pain -
I will be
worthy of it.
I may not
triumph in success,
Despite my
earnest labour;
I may not
grasp results that bless
The efforts of
my neighbour.
But though my
goal I never see,
This thought
shall always dwell with me -
I will be
worthy of it.
The golden
glory of Love’s light
May never fall
on my way;
My path may
always lead through night,
Like some
deserted byway.
But though
life’s dearest joy I miss
There lies a
nameless strength in this -
I will be
worthy of it.
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The poem “I Will
Be Worthy of It” is published in our associated websites since 30 April
2019. It was reproduced from the book “Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox”,
published by W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh, undated, probably
1917, 527 pages, see p. 44. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born on 5 November 1850 and
died in October 1919.
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