Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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GREATNESS. |
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GREATNESS.
In little Things a man may still be great;Nay, He who is not So in these, will néer
Be great in great Things-Lifes' most weekday Sphere,
Yields Opportunities, and every State
Occasions endless, by which to create
True Grandeur both of Heart and Mind-whoéer
Lives simply and thinks grandly, need not fear
That He to work the Godlike long must wait.
Had Christ thought thus, he would not have preached to
The Poor and Humble-'tis the Feelings, by
Which all's ennobled-and if these be true
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Therewith? the Man alone attracts the Eye
Of God, and what is sublime in his View,
Cannot be small in anyones, except
In his, who is far less than least—tho' nought
But the Crust by the hungry Beggar kept
For his poor halfstarved Dog, whose Life is bought
By his own Pains, sublimed, forgotton in that Thought.
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