And whine their sorrows in a see-saw tone,

The same soft sounds of unimpassioned woes

Can only make the yawning hearer doze.

That voice all modes of passion can express

Which marks the proper word with proper stress;

But none emphatic can the reader call

Who lays an equal emphasis on all.

...

He who in earnest studies o’er his part

Will find true nature cling about his heart.