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06-08-2009, 02:10 AM
Sonnet #29
XXIX.br /br /When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,br /I all alone beweep my outcast statebr /And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless criesbr /And look upon myself and curse my fate,br /Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,br /Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,br /Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,br /With what I most enjoy contented least;br /Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,br /Haply I think on thee, and then my state,br /Like to the lark at break of day arisingbr /From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;br /For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth bringsbr /That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
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XXIX.br /br /When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,br /I all alone beweep my outcast statebr /And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless criesbr /And look upon myself and curse my fate,br /Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,br /Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,br /Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,br /With what I most enjoy contented least;br /Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,br /Haply I think on thee, and then my state,br /Like to the lark at break of day arisingbr /From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;br /For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth bringsbr /That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
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