Men are but children of a larger growth;
Our appetites are apt to change as theirs,
And full as craving too, and full as vain;
And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room,
Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing;
But, like a mole in earth, busy and blind,
Works all her folly up, and casts it outward
To the world's open view.
Mankind
John Dryden
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Poem topics: change, children, dark, home, world, soul, earth, room, clear, blind, open, view, busy, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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