The Poetry of Real Life | ||
AMBITION.
Glory enough 'twere for the greatest manTo write what men should in their mouths still have,
Day after day, when he is in his grave—
To be identified with things of span
And scope perdúrable, that since began
The world high mention of mankind still crave:
Things with a soul of good in them, to save
Them from oblivion, which naught else can—
Aye, glory 'twere enough to write a song,
That e'en the child upon its mother's knee
Should love to sing, and still remember long,
Long after, in the days that are to be!
And which to mind recalling, he feels strong,
Within, the heart of his Humanitie!
The Poetry of Real Life | ||