Sonnet 29 — When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes

by William Shakespeare (1609) — a poem card from Justes Mots

Friendless and down on himself, he remembers one person's love — and would not change his state with kings.

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,
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Themes: encouragement · love