What Constitutes The Noble Man?

Wbat ootiütltutes tlic noble man And fitly mensures Hfe's brief Sfaat The brcath of fame! A Utled name? Some creed belle vedi Somé il'H'il achii'vi'il ! Tlie die pomp of kingly power! Tbe emptly trappings of an hourf Let those who prlzu the crowd's bebost Stand slaves to folly's train confesseé, Enjoy a day Of sördid sway, Or glory won On Marathon, Or Bunnnh's gold wlth case attalncá, Or Wldened realms ignobly gained. But grandor far than power or pelf The soui's dominion over self, A lieart aglow For other? woe, The high-born thought, The grandly wrought Resolve attuncd to exalted end; These noble manhood e'er attalned. ■Vlio tlms fultills hls Maker'a trust, In simple love of virtue, must, His name enshrined By all bis kind, Enwreathed upon The esentcheon Of t me renown, complete hls davs 'Mid enrth and Heaven's eonspIrlngpialBe.