Presumptuous Man! the reason ...

Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form\'d so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why form\'d no weaker, blinder, and no less!Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are madeTaller or stronger than the weeds they shade?Or ask of yonder argent fields above,Why Jove\'s Satellites are less than Jove?
Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less!Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are madeTaller or stronger than the weeds they shade?Or ask of yonder argent fields above,Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove?

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