Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOW GREAT IS LITTLE MAN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: For what he will he can
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Mankind; Poverty; Wealth


How great is little man!
Sun, moon, and stars respond to him,
Shine or grow dim
Harmonious with his span.

How little is great man!
More changeable than changeful moon.
Nor half in tune
With Heaven's harmonious plan.

Ah rich man! ah poor man!
Make ready for the testing day
When wastes away
What bears not fire or fan.

Thou heir of all things, man,
Pursue the saints by heavenward track:
They looked not back ;
Run thou, as erst they ran.

Little and great is man:
Great if he will, or if he will
A pigmy still;
For what he will he can.





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