tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post7217118968530998409..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: English Poetry: England, 1802Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-82718013451082148472011-09-22T03:18:22.951+01:002011-09-22T03:18:22.951+01:00I know that this post is a little old, but I find ...I know that this post is a little old, but I find particular relevance for this poem in modern America especially given the obsession most Americans have with business and the dream they have of owning their own small business and "making it rich."<br /><br />Look at my post on this topic:<br /><br />http://rhaetor.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-capitalist-system-and-small-business.htmlThomas D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01047156092984193669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-49273825160189700902008-10-18T02:15:00.000+01:002008-10-18T02:15:00.000+01:00Shakespeare knew all about it too ... very relevan...Shakespeare knew all about it too ... very relevant for today's society.<BR/><BR/>Tired with all these, for restful death I cry –<BR/>As, to behold desert a beggar born,<BR/>And needy nothing trimmed in jollity,<BR/>And purest faith, unhappily forsworn,<BR/>And gilded honour shamefully misplaced,<BR/>And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,<BR/>And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,<BR/>And strength by limping sway disabled,<BR/>And art made tongue-tied by authority,<BR/>And folly (doctor-like) controlling skill,<BR/>And simple truth miscalled simplicity,<BR/>And captive good attending captain ill;<BR/> Tired with all these, from these would I be gone,<BR/> Save, that to die, I leave my love alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com