Admire my mental prodigies: "down—down—

Ever at home o' the level and the low,

There hides he brooding! Could he look above,

With less of the owl and more of the eagle eye,

He 'd see there 's no way helps the little cause

Like the attainment of the great. Dare first

The chief emprise; dispel yon cloud between

The sun and us; nor fear that, though our heads

Find earlier warmth and comfort from his ray,

What lies about our feet, the multitude,