Take not my hand as mine alone''" You do not trust to me''" I hold the hand of greater men Too far before to see. Follow not me, who only trace Stoop-head the prints of those Our mighty predecessors, whom The darknesses enclose. I cannot lead who follow''"I Who learn, am dumb to teach; I can but indicate the goals That greater men shall reach. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTHER EARTH by GEORGE SANTAYANA DARKNESS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE SONG OF A HEATHEN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE LILY IN CRYSTAL by ROBERT HERRICK THE DIRGE [FOR FIDELE], FR. CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE OPPORTUNITY by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL KNOWLEDGE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |