I behold in thee ; Like some colossal statue art thou rather, Standing alone in simple majesty, So well proportioned that the common eye In thee could but a common man descry, Save that to reach thee it must look so high. Consolations of Solitude - Page 143by John Witt Randall - 1856 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
| New London (Conn.) - 1860 - 344 pages
...where they do not understand ; Earth's wisest snge aw catling seems to such : They deem him naught because he knows so much. O, just man, whom thy countrymen name father I No common type can 1 behold In thee ; Like some colossal statue art thou, rather, Standing alone... | |
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