Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth

"Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth" is an English poem by Arthur Hugh Clough. It was written in 1849, and first published in The Crayon, an American art journal, in August 1855, under the title "The Struggle". Clough published the poem without a title in 1862. In The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough, 1869, the poem was titled "Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth".
There was probably no specific event in the poet's mind, although the failed revolutions of 1848 and 1849 may have been an inspiration.
The last two stanzas were quoted by Winston Churchill in his "Report on the War" speech of April 27th 1941. Describing the lines as "appropriate to our fortunes tonight" he said "I believe they will be so judged wherever the English language is spoken or the flag of freedom flies."