Talents differ; all is well and wisely put:
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
ABOU BEN ADHEM.
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold;