<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371799" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: Poverty</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The horrific specter called Poverty, <br>Ruining most illustrious of men; <br>Denying them much of their liberty; <br>Suppressing talents and scholastic ken. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The snow-balling avalanche that kills man, <br>Great scholars, scientists, poets, genius; <br>Putting them to death in her lion’s den, <br>Humiliation caused by an empty purse! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, how the nightmare can affect these minds! <br>Sucking the sap of life in a few years; <br>Perpetually haunting them, it binds <br>To destroy sometimes, the souls of some seers. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poverty generates great Poetry! <br>How can man live by writing poems free?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371799" data-title="Sonnet: Poverty de John Celes" data-description="The horrific specter called Poverty, Ruining most illustrious of men; Denying them much of their liberty; Suppressing talents and scholastic ken. The snow-balling avalanche that kills man, Great scholars, scientists, poets, genius; Putting ..."></div> </div> </div>

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