<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419551" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To Napoleon</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The heroes of the present and the past<br>Were puny, vague, and nothingness to thee:<br>Thou didst a span grasp mighty to the last,<br>And strain for glory when thy die was cast.<br>That little island, on the Atlantic sea,<br>Was but a dust-spot in a lake: thy mind<br>Swept space as shoreless as eternity.<br>Thy giant powers outstript this gaudy age<br>Of heroes; and, as looking at the sun,<br>So gazing on thy greatness, made men blind<br>To merits, that had adoration won<br>In olden times. The world was on thy page<br>Of victories but a comma. Fame could find<br>No parallel, thy greatness to presage.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Clare">John Clare</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=419551" data-title="To Napoleon de John Clare" data-description="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 m..."></div> </div> </div>

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