EJA

EJA

Sonnet XVIII

Lo! Be thy face in daylight’s promise pure;

So fair in shadow’d night as pleas’d Sun

Tis the sky so rare freshly bought the cure

To rise to higher stars thy vict’ry won

Wind consent thee shake the buds of thy reign

Upon this orb to rule heav’ns eyes hath hover’d

Coronation’s jewel’d crown thine glee ne’r feign;

A joyous plight such throne hath so discover’d

Nearer thee I toil, nearer thee I love

Air mine loyal duty and light do bear

Ancestors be near and thrice pleas’d above

Laud thee evermore noble blue so fair

Where this realm ever wilt be in thy care

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