<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=415853" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Remonstrance</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! why those narrow rules extol? <br>These but restrain from ill, <br>True virtue lies in strength of soul <br>And energy of will.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To all that's great and high aspires, <br>Prompts to the path of fame <br>From Heaven draws down Promethean fires <br>And wraps the soul in flame. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With brow erect, eye undismayed <br>Confronts the midday sun, <br>Nor sleeps inglorious in the shade <br>Of praises cheaply won; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Scans not too curiously the chance <br>Of good or evil fate, <br>But with a free and fearless glance <br>Knocks at Hope's, golden gate; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The truthful course pursues and knows <br>By Heaven-imparted light, <br>And scorns to shape to outward shows <br>Its conscious sense of right. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Still, while it renders Reason's name <br>The meed of honour due <br>Forgets not sacred instincts claim <br>Their share of reverence too. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The frown of unjust censure braves, <br>Retreats not with the tide, <br>But nobly stems and stills the waves <br>Of prejudice and pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Joseph+Sylvester">James Joseph Sylvester</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=415853" data-title="Remonstrance de James Joseph Sylvester" data-description="Oh! why those narrow rules extol? These but restrain from ill, True virtue lies in strength of soul And energy of will. To all that's great and high aspires, Prompts to the path of fame From Heaven draws down Promethean fires And wraps the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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