Sonnet LVI

Ah! wherefore such ignorance ought ye show, And undesired indignance hope neglect, That crime, by sham cause, disadvantage grow,And base its verdict on all that did project? How could wronged puppet mimic like goodness And plunder all that love doth represent? When should poor soul bow to such callousness As a star at dawn, that […]

Sonnet LV

Land of brave freedom’s heart doth weep and wail, As ill will looms and hath slain our brother Tis shame this wealth so stricken with betrayal, Where a slave knows not slave from another. This shamefully misplaced hate hath grown legs, And the noose once tied to death tis tongue-tied; So breath cannot enter where […]

Sonnet LIV

O, how shall heav’ns dearest rose save the world Against the debris and ruble of life As thine own heart’s sound banner tis unfurled And all truth doth release me of mine strife. O, to be discord free! where, hence thou rise Shall rapture’s regal crown from rapture hide? For what stout soul can heal […]