strugglest

Beats strong against thee, yet thou strugglest on,

Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life Eliza Paul Gurney 1841

Arms and wealth are the sinews of power; it is power that I desire; -- thou, bold Rienzi, strugglest thou not for the same?

Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

And, Sintram, on the far-off shores of Normandy I shall bear thee in mind, and I shall hear how thou strugglest against the curse which weighs down thy unhappy life; and if thou ever shake it off, and stand as a noble conqueror over Sin and Death, then thou shalt receive from me a token of love and reward, more precious then either thou or I can understand at this moment. "

Sintram and His Companions Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqu�� 1810