<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372506" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Villanelle: Blest Art the Poor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">God keeps me better than many others! <br>And yet, I seem very dissatisfied; <br>I envy my poorer sisters, brothers! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Despite their troubles, nothing them bothers; <br>They seem to wear a smile on sad a face; <br>God keeps me better than many others! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Neither the sun or moon or rain or cold matters; <br>They laugh away their problems most, always.<br>I envy my poorer sisters, brothers! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some shelterless do wear clothes in tatters; <br>Their children play amusing all in ways.<br>God keeps me better than many others! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They bathe happily in river-waters; <br>They play in mud and run in sand a race.<br>I envy my poorer sisters, brothers! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The forests give them wood, berries, feathers; <br>No grief or strife can halt their living pace.<br>God keeps me better than many others! <br>I envy my poorer sisters, brothers! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 1-28-2005<br>(my first villanelle)</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=372506" data-title="Villanelle: Blest Art the Poor de John Celes" data-description="God keeps me better than many others! And yet, I seem very dissatisfied; I envy my poorer sisters, brothers! Despite their troubles, nothing them bothers; They seem to wear a smile on sad a face; God keeps me better than many others! Neith..."></div> </div> </div>

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