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We have not wings, we cannot soar; A But we have feet to scale and climb B By slow degrees, by more and more, A The cloudy summits of our time. B The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, We do not have wings, so we cannot fly high in the air (we are not superhumans). But we have feet to climb and ascend slowly and gradually, allowing us to reach the highest possible levels in our lifetime. The powerful and magnificent pyramids, © English Eduspot Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The powerful and magnificent pyramids, built of huge stones, sharply rise from the desert sands and break away the desert winds. When we examine them closely, we can see that they are actually a series of enormous stairs. Soar: fly high like a bird Scale: ascend; move upward Summit: the topmost point Wedge: a piece of wood thin at one edge and thick at other edge Cleave: split