Man His Own Gauge [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]

[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).]

Man His Own Gauge

Each one, though prophet he or beast,
Supplies the only test —
No man is higher than his least,
Nor lower than his best.

Source:
William Blocksidge, Songs o’ the South, London: Watts, 1908, p. 81