How dwarfed against his manliness
She sees the poor pretension,
The wants, the aims, the follies, born
Of fashion and convention!
Source: Among the Hills.
-- John Greenleaf Whittier, (Dec 17 1807-1892), US poet, essayist; He was a popular rural poet, e.g., Barbara Frietchie, who devoted his life to social causes and reform.