| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| William Shakespeare. 1564–1616 |
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146. Sonnets
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| WHEN, 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 possest, | |
| 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 rememb'red such wealth brings | |
| That then I scorn to change my state with Kings. | |
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