Who Giants know, with lesser Men
Who Giants know, with lesser Men
Are incomplete, and shy
For Greatness, that is ill at ease
In minor Company
A Smaller, could not be perturbed
The Summer Gnat displays
Unconscious that his single Fleet
Do not comprise the skies
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