Percival, among Connecticut s first professional geologists, and his poetry nepm.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nepm.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What's earth, what's life, to space, eternity?
'Tis but a flash, a glance - from birth to death;
And he, who ruled the world, would only be
Lord of a point - a creature of a breath;
And what is it to gain a hero's name,
or build one's greatness on the rabble's roar?
'Tis but to lig