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...DOMESTIC SONG by DAVID IGNATOW WE FACE THE FUTURE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WHEN I RISE UP by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WOMAN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WITH CHAOS IN EACH KISS by TIMOTHY LIU SURFACES AND MASKS; 12 by CLARENCE MAJOR |