<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371968" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: The Pearl</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, how I wished I loved an orphan- girl! <br>A girl who knew not what was meant by love; <br>One who would be my life’s most precious pearl! <br>And glitter forth her joy all life to prove.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I dived in life’s sea searching for that pearl; <br>I plunged so many times in vain for her; <br>I took a stone in despair then to hurl; <br>And wow! It was the love I sought so dear! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The girl I sought was washed ashore by waves; <br>In frustration, she’d attempted to die! <br>And end her life or marry one who saves; <br>The nuptial knots forever then to tie.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some things in life on your actions depend; <br>If foolish, they could otherwise then end.</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=371968" data-title="Sonnet: The Pearl de John Celes" data-description="Oh, how I wished I loved an orphan- girl! A girl who knew not what was meant by love; One who would be my life’s most precious pearl! And glitter forth her joy all life to prove. I dived in life’s sea searching for that pearl; I plunged s..."></div> </div> </div>

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