Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare
b'Shakespeare read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nSonnet 29\\nby William Shakespeare (1564 \\u2013 1616)\\n\\nWhen in disgrace with fortune and men\\u2019s eyes \\nI all alone beweep my outcast state, \\nAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, \\nAnd look upon myself, and curse my fate, \\nWishing me like to one more rich in hope, \\nFeatur\\u2019d like him, like him with friends possess\\u2019d, \\nDesiring this man\\u2019s art, and that man\\u2019s scope, \\nWith what I most enjoy contented least; \\nYet in these thoughts myself almost despising, \\nHaply I think on thee,\\u2014and then my state, \\nLike to the lark at break of day arising \\nFrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven\\u2019s gate; \\n For thy sweet love remember\\u2019d such wealth brings \\n That then I scorn to change my state with kings.'