Type of the wise who soar but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
Type of the wise who soar but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar,
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her.
Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live.
And he is oft the wisest man Who is not wise at all.
Wisdom is of times nearer when we stoop Than when we soar.
Wisdom married to immortal verse.
Many are our joysIn youth, but oh what happiness to liveWhen every hour brings palpable accessOf knowledge, when all knowledge is delight,And sorrow is not there
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