The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich, arguably Clough's most famous poem, was published in 1848, the year in which he saw the collapse of Chartism and the outbeak of revolutions in Europe.
The poem tells us to look to the west, where the land is bright. This coonects to that other command addressed to the reader, at the very beginning of the poem, to "say not". The end, positive and simple, is thus contrasted to the negative beginning with its inverted syntax and poetically heightened language, in a way which parallels the shift in style in the poem as a whole.
no matter how slow seems the progress of an effort made by one,the struggle never go futile
How pleasant it is to have money! Spectator ab Extra. 2 Say not the struggle naught availeth,The labor and the wounds are vain,The enemy faints not nor faileth,And as things have been they remain. Say not the Struggle Naught availeth. 3 For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,Seem here no painful inch to gain,Far back, through creeks and inlets making,Comes silent flooding in, the main. Say not the Struggle Naught availeth. 4 Grace is given of God but knowledge is bought in the market. Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. 5 There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions;Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations. Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. 6 A world where nothing is had for nothing. Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. 7 As ships becalmed at eve, that layWith canvas drooping, side by side,Two towers of sail, at dawn of dayAre scarce, long leagues apart, descried. 1 As ships becalmed. How pleasant it is to have money! Spectator ab Extra. 2 Say not the struggle naught availeth,The labor and the wounds are vain,The enemy faints not nor faileth,And as things have been they remain. Say not the Struggle Naught availeth. 3 For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,Seem here no painful inch to gain,Far back, through creeks and inlets making,Comes silent flooding in, the main. Say not the Struggle Naught availeth. 4 Grace is given of God but knowledge is bought in the market. Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. 5 There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions;Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations. Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. 6 A world where nothing is had for nothing. Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. 7 As ships becalmed at eve, that layWith canvas drooping, side by side,Two towers of sail, at dawn of dayAre scarce, long leagues apart, descried. 1 As ships becalmed.
Lan (pronounced lawn)
Zero, nought, naught, nil, love, nothing, nowt,
land sakes............all for naught
"Hear his speech, but say thou naught."
In a summary you tell what happened, not what you think of it.
summary in Tagalog = buod
lutter = to struggle la lutte = the struggle (also means wrestling, as in the sport)
well when you don't have any normally you just say 'I don't have any' but there might be other things that mean 'i don't have any' with naught, zilch or Nada in them.
Kampf
; SAY not the struggle naught availeth, : The labor and the wounds are vain, ; The enemy faints not, nor faileth, : And as things have been they remain. ; If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars; : It may be, in yon smoke concealed, ; Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers, : And, but for you, possess the field. ; For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, : Seem here, no painful inch to gain, ; Far back, through creeks and inlets making, : Comes silent, flooding in, the main. ; And not by eastern windows only, : When daylight comes, comes in the light, ; In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly, : But westward, look, the land is bright.: Arthur Hugh Clough