FICKLE GREATNESS.

Thou art as one

Perched on some lofty steeple's dizzy height,

Dazzled by the sun, inebriate by long draughts

Of thinner air; too giddy to look down

Where all his safety lies; too proud to dare

The long descent to the low depths from whence

The desperate climber rose.

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