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Edgar Guest - The World Is Against Me
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"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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