Sonnet No. 29 - When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes-Edith Evans

[ti:Sonnet No. 29 - When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes] [ar:Edith Evans] [al:Edith Evans Reads Shakespeare's Greatest Sonnets] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sonnet No. 29 - When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes - Edith Evans [00:00.39]When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes [00:04.49]I all alone beweep my outcast state [00:07.97] [00:08.55]And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries [00:11.66] [00:12.34]And look upon myself and curse my fate [00:15.55] [00:16.24]Wishing me like to one more rich in hope [00:18.80] [00:19.36]Featur'd like him like him with friends possess'd [00:23.09] [00:23.71]Desiring this man's art and that man's scope [00:26.96] [00:27.63]With what I most enjoy contented least [00:30.88] [00:31.90]Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising [00:35.58] [00:36.63]Haply I think on thee and then my state [00:41.25]Like to the lark at break of day arising [00:45.26]From sullen earth sings hymns at heaven's gate [00:49.98] [00:50.68]For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings [00:55.63] [00:56.35]That then I scorn to change my state with kings