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John Clare - To NapoleonJohn Clare - To Napoleon
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The heroes of the present and the past   Were puny, vague, and nothingness to thee: Thou didst a span grasp mighty to the last,   And strain for glory when thy die was cast. That little island, on the Atlantic sea,   Was but a dust-spot in a lake: thy mind Swept space as shoreless as eternity.   Thy giant powers outstript this gaudy age Of heroes; and, as looking at the sun,   So gazing on thy greatness, made men blind To merits, that had adoration won   In olden times. The world was on thy page   Of victories but a comma. Fame could find   No parallel, thy greatness to presage.
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