"Think not that strength lies in the big round word,

Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak.

To whom can this be true that once has heard

The cry for help, the tongue that all men speak

When want or woe or fear is in the throat,

So that each word gasped forth is like a shriek

Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note

Sung by some foe or fiend. There is a strength

Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine,

Which has more height than depth, more breadth than length.