YES, the world is big, but I 'll do my best Since I happen to find myself in it, And I 'll sing my loudest out with the rest, Though I 'm neither a lark nor a linnet, And strive for the goal with as tireless zest, Though I know I may never w n it. For shall no bird sing but the nightingale? No flower bloom but the rose? Shall the stars put out their torches pale When Mars through the midnight glows? Shall only the highest and greatest prevail? Nay nothing seem white but the snows? Nay, the world is so big that it needs us all To make audible music in it. God fits a melody e'en to the small. We have nothing to do but begin it. So I 'll chirp my merriest out with them all, Though I 'm neither a lark nor a linnet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MINERVA JONES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONG: SO OFTEN, SO LONG I HAVE THOUGHT by HAYDEN CARRUTH THEY HAVEN'T HEARD THE WEST IS OVER by JAMES GALVIN TO A FRIEND I CAN'T FIND by JAMES GALVIN LET ME NOT LOSES MY DREAM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |