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 The Stone Poets’ Poem of the Month
As our name implies, we have an interest in poetry. To us, poetry conveys the ideas of creativity, beauty and a sense of wonder that we think is important in the way we view our company and our purpose. With this in mind, each month we like to share a short poem with our customers. For the month of June, and perhaps until we put this recession behind us, we've selected Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 29 - "When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes."
What can you say about Shakespeare? We only hope that the sentiment expressed in his sonnet (we're guessing "Love conquers all") rings true for you and that you, like the narrator of the poem, find solace and comfort in the love of another during troubling times.
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,
Featur'd 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,
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.
- Shakespeare
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