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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ENGLISHMAN IN ITALY by ROBERT BROWNING SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 11. IN THE RESTAURANT by THOMAS HARDY YUSSOUF by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE AUTHOR'S EPITAPH, MADE BY HIMSELF by WALTER RALEIGH TO AN INDEPENDENT PREACHER by MATTHEW ARNOLD |