 | Poems by William Wetmore Story |  |
II.
SHAKESPEARE.
Our nearness value lends to trivial things and slight,
But only distance gives to lofty ones their height.
But only distance gives to lofty ones their height.
The Pyramids, to those beneath them, look not high,
But as we go from them they tower into the sky.
But as we go from them they tower into the sky.
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So thy colossal mind, in time's perspective seen,
Still rises up and up with more majestic mien.
Still rises up and up with more majestic mien.
| Poems by William Wetmore Story | |