Sonnet LXX

O, how I smile when I of thee do think, Beaming through rays of fond grace with delight And in thy praise do see thee in the pink, Your thun’drous merriment gay, oh, pleased sight. Discourse of thine own renown seize the ear; Let oceans freedom flow upon the shore As thine joy crashes upon […]

Sonnet LXIX

Whilst mine eyes open, thou mine heart did break Into a thousand pieces ‘neath thy foot Each shard a blade to destroy love we make, And heartlessly sever it at the root. Thy claim that such love was supremely rare, A fairytale much jealousy provoke Ne’er existed as the record doth bear, Burned holes in […]

Sonnet LXVIII

So oft have I upheld thine word as truth, Beyond all understanding of respect Such were the days of melancholy youth, That all cruel at heart I could not detect. In the wisdom of age hath I returned To a simpler time that virtuous faith Flying close to the bold Sun yet ne’er burned, Living […]

Sonnet LXVII

In bamboo wood I rest mine spirit bold; For such is the land of golden dragon, Far in the ancient East it hath been told, Where wave struck an imperial wagon A proverb bare and naked to the world, Expressed in noble sanctity doth rise; And around the Sun’s path hath humbly twirled, Such simplified […]