<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537871" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Glowworm</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beneath the hedge or near the stream, <br>A worm is known to stray, <br>That shows by night a lucid beam, <br>Which disappears by day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Disputes have been and still prevail <br>From whence his rays proceed; <br>Some give that honour to his tail, <br>And others to his head. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But this is sure,--the hand of might <br>That kindles up the skies, <br>Gives him a modicum of light, <br>Proportion'd to his size. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perhaps indulgent Nature meant <br>By such a lamp bestow'd, <br>To bid the traveller, as he went, <br>Be careful where he trod; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nor crush a worm, whose useful light <br>Might serve, however small, <br>To show a stumbling stone by night, <br>And save him from a fall. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whate'er she meant, this truth divine <br>Is legible and plain, <br>'Tis power Almighty bids him shine, <br>Nor bids him shine in vain. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ye proud and wealthy, let this theme <br>Teach humbler thoughts to you, <br>Since such a reptile has its gem, <br>And boasts its splendour, too.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</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=537871" data-title="The Glowworm de William Cowper" data-description="Beneath the hedge or near the stream, A worm is known to stray, That shows by night a lucid beam, Which disappears by day. Disputes have been and still prevail From whence his rays proceed; Some give that honour to his tail, And others to ..."></div> </div> </div>

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