The motes up and down in the sun <br />Ever restlessly moving we see; <br />Whereas the great mountains stand still, <br />Unless terrible earthquakes there be. <br /> <br /> <br />If these atoms that move up and down <br />Were as useful as restless they are, <br />Than a mountain I rather would be <br />A mote in the sunbeam so fair.<br /><br />Charles Lamb<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/motes-in-the-sunbeams/