<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372156" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: Who is Greater</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who is the greater- the old or the new? <br>Who is the more praiseworthy of the two? <br>Which is more beauteous- the mist or the dew? <br>Which is more gorgeous- eye or bird’s eye-view? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Old records set by the former great men <br>May get humbled with time today, may be! <br>Techno-advances have widened our ken; <br>Are later men greater than the Hillary? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Discoveries of those olden-day men, <br>Were pioneers in trying conditions? <br>Poetry of today looks more modern, <br>But can’t outdo the older renditions.<br> <br>Pioneers in a field are far too great; <br>Later achievers must accept defeat. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> 14-7-2000</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372156" data-title="Sonnet: Who is Greater de John Celes" data-description="Who is the greater- the old or the new? Who is the more praiseworthy of the two? Which is more beauteous- the mist or the dew? Which is more gorgeous- eye or bird’s eye-view? Old records set by the former great men May get humbled with tim..."></div> </div> </div>

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