Greatness of Mind
Great men are always kind, however rare,
And more like common men than others are;
The poor man saw the King and wondered on,
To find him only like his neighbour JOHN:
Greatness will live with Kindness everywhere;
The sun shines brighter when the days are clear;
Time mellows fruit, and suns bring on the flowers,
And Greatness lives with Kindness in all hours:
Fame makes them giants with her idle praise,
Though common men at home, like common days:
But Pride is ever low , and will deride;
It nothing knows, for Ignorance is Pride.
Pride would be great, but Folly laughs aloud,
And Pride sinks down to nothing in the crowd.
And more like common men than others are;
The poor man saw the King and wondered on,
To find him only like his neighbour JOHN:
Greatness will live with Kindness everywhere;
The sun shines brighter when the days are clear;
Time mellows fruit, and suns bring on the flowers,
And Greatness lives with Kindness in all hours:
Fame makes them giants with her idle praise,
Though common men at home, like common days:
But Pride is ever low , and will deride;
It nothing knows, for Ignorance is Pride.
Pride would be great, but Folly laughs aloud,
And Pride sinks down to nothing in the crowd.
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