Man I am and man would be, Love--merest man and nothing more. <br />Bid me seem no other! Eagles boast of pinions--let them soar! <br />I may put forth angel's plumage, once unmanned, but not before. <br /> <br />Now on earth to stand suffices,--nay, if kneeling serves, to kneel: <br />Here you front me, here I find the all of heaven that earth can feel: <br />Sense looks straight,--not over,under,--perfect sees beyond appeal. <br /> <br />Good you are and wise, full circle: what to me were more outside? <br />Wiser wisdom, better goodness? Ah, such want the angel's wide <br />Sense to take and hold and keep them! Mine at least has never tried.<br /><br />Robert Browning<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/man-i-am-and-man-would-be-love/
