Arts & Sciences
XVI
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 4
Arts & Sciences
Nay, but he, this wonder,
He cannot palter nor prate,
Though many around him and under,
With intellects trained to the curve,
Distrust him in spirit and nerve
Because his meaning is straight.
Measure him ere he depart
With those who have governed and led;
Larger so much by the heart,
Larger so much by the head.
Emperor
Evermore.
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