Desiderata - Poetry Collection

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$200.00 - $600.00

Availability:

All art prints are made to order and our gallery wrap option generally takes 4-6 weeks in production while our grey wood option will take 5-7 weeks in production before shipping out.

Color Variation Information:

All art prints are handmade, color variations from what is pictured will occur. All art prints are framed using nails. Nail holes are also expected to be seen and are featured in every art print.

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“Desiderata” was written in the early 1920s by Max Ehrmann. The piece remained largely unknown in Ehrmann’s lifetime, but went on to later success and greater influence. Actor Morgan Freeman attributes the poem to having shaped his life.

"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Nether be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."

Available in three sizes:

17" x 25"
2' x 3'
3' x 4'

Available in two frame styles:

Grey Wood Frame
Gallery Wrap (17" x 25" and 2' x 3' only)

Available in three colors:

Cream
White
Charcoal

All of our art prints are hand made to order from start to finish. Production generally takes around 4-6 weeks. Since the art is made by hand the frame and piece of wood the art print comes on is nailed together in the final stage of production. Nail holes are meant to be visible and can be seen in all of our art prints.

For more information or shipping timelines please contact info@sugarbooandco.com

*This item is not eligible for gift wrapping due to the way it comes packaged.*

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Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

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Desiderata - Poetry Collection