How wrote this poem?

Question

The poem is called "Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth" but I'm not sure which not/naught goes where

Answer 1

Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse

Arthur Hugh Clough. 1819–1861

Say not the Struggle Naught availeth

SAY not the struggle naught availeth,
The labour 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 conceal'd,
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!

Answer 2

Well Mellissa took care of that very well. First time I read the poem, so I will save it .Thank you M.

Answer 3

never heard of it