Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | Sonnet XXIX |
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| | | WHEN 1 in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, | |
| I all alone beweep my outcast state, | |
| And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, | |
| And look upon myself and curse my fate, | |
| Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, | 5 |
| Featured like him, like him with friends possess’d, | |
| Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope, | |
| With what I most enjoy contented least; | |
| Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, | |
| Haply I think on thee,—and then my state | 10 |
| (Like to the lark at break of day arising | |
| From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate; | |
| For thy sweet love remember’d such wealth brings, | |
| That then I scorn to change my state with kings. | |
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