Nor doth the Ocean, world-encompassing,

Unto his thought more sense of vastness bring

Than tiny dew-drop—atoms in his eye

A sun, and a sun-mote, dance equally:

Not that the great (here understand aright)

Is worthless as the little in his sight,

Rather the little precious as the great,

And, pondered in his scales, of equal weight:

So that herein lies comfort—not despair,

As though we were too little for his care.