The World Is Against Me
'The world is against me,' he said with a sigh.
'Somebody stops every scheme that I try.
The world has me down and it's keeping me there;
I don't get a chance. Oh, the world is unfair!
When a fellow is poor then he can't get a show;
The world is determined to keep him down low.'
'What of Abe Lincoln?' I asked. 'Would you say
That he was much richer than you are to-day?
He hadn't your chance of making his mark,
And his outlook was often exceedingly dark;
Yet he clung to his purpose with courage most grim
And he got to the top. Was the world against him?'
'What of Ben Franklin? I've oft heard it said
That many a time he went hungry to bed.
He started with nothing but courage to climb,
But patiently struggled and waited his time.
He dangled awhile from real poverty's limb,
Yet he got to the top. Was the world against him?
'I could name you a dozen, yes, hundreds, I guess,
Of poor boys who've patiently climbed to success;
All boys who were down and who struggled alone,
Who'd have thought themselves rich if your fortune they'd known;
Yet they rose in the world you're so quick to condemn,
And I'm asking you now, was the world against them?'
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Who wrote the poem "The World Is Against Me"?
Edgar Albert Guest (August 20, 1881 ~ August 5, 1959)
Edgar Albert Guest was a Britishborn American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century. He wrote 11,000 poems which were syndicated in 300 newspapers. He became known as the People's Poet because his poems were easy to read and had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life with such themes as family, work, children, and God.
"The World Is Against Me" explanation
Some people are born with all the riches
and advantages and yet crumble to self-inflicted tragedies. Some people are
born with all kinds of misfortune and yet rise to fulfilled, happy life with
sheer determination and perseverance. Although we cannot choose the conditions
of our birth or upbringing, we can control how we deal with them. It is useless
to complain about things we cannot change. Rather, we should focus what we can
do to make the situation better, always reminding ourselves of things and
people that we should be grateful for.
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