Made as object lessons for the world.
I am in accord, in perfect unison,
In keeping with consensus omnium,
I am right down everyone's alley,
Agreeable, congenial, and in sync:
Not clashing, jarring, nor discordant,
I'm no ass in a lion's skin ...
No jackdaw in peacock's feathers,
No sardine in a salmon tin.

MASS and MEASURE

In quantity Humanity is a mass:
Measure, strength, a force of numbers;
Some certain sum, a magnitude,
An amplitude, plus ou moins.
In degree Men are marked,
Graded, notched, stepped in pitch,
Ranked and rated, status staged,
In so much, bit by bit ...
That some are equal, even, par,
Equiponderant, balanced, poised,
Even Stephen, nip and tuck,
Neck and neck, drawn and tied.

Most are at odds: imbalanced,
Ill-sorted on an inclined scale.
Thrown off, they're disquiparant
In a top-heavy lopsided way.
Others - mean and juste milieu,
Are in the long run middle state,
On the average, normal, standard,
Mezzo termine ... generally.
Most are recompensed quid pro quo,
Peter robbed to pay off Paul -
Counter poised and bent over backwards
To indemnify and cover costs.

Some men are great, much, and vast,
Stupendous, lofty, large, and grand,