A birth in poverty is luck supreme! <br />A death in poverty, a great blessing; <br />A life of poverty is rare a dream; <br />Achievements great, stark poverty can bring. <br /> <br />’Tis poverty that goads nations do feats; <br />’Tis poverty that stimulates scientists; <br />In everything, poverty, wealth just beats; <br />The greatest men were in poverty’s lists. <br /> <br />And poverty lessens our worries much; <br />Account to God will be much easier; <br />Poverty gives the saint a divine touch; <br />In poverty, poets can fly higher! <br /> <br />Poverty helps to shun worldly pleasures; <br />A soul in poverty, Heaven allures. <br /> <br /> 9-14-2002<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-the-magic-of-poverty/
