And yet I cannot reprehend the flight, <br />Or blame th'attempt presuming so to soar; <br />The mounting venture for a high delight <br />Did make the honor of the fall the more. <br />For who gets wealth that puts not from the shore? <br />Danger hath honor, great designs their fame, <br />Glory doth follow, courage goes before. <br />And though th'event oft answers not the same, <br />Suffice that high attempts have never shame. <br />The mean observer (whom base Safety keeps), <br />Lives without honor, dies without a name, <br />And in eternal darkness ever sleeps. <br />And therefore, Delia, 'tis to me no blot <br />To have attempted, though attain'd thee not.<br /><br />Samuel Daniel<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-xxxv-and-yet-i-cannot/
