Sonnet LXXIX

Love me as thou wilt; when I leave this place; For deeds have spoken in my life and heart, Though you will not hear voice, nor see mine face, Thou wilt know that I loved you from the start. See me a young lass with smile of a pearl,  Or in a cluster of blossoms […]

Sonnet LXXVIII

Could I forsake thee in thine blunder, And in this verse spare thee mine own witness; Lamenting of spirits held asunder, Where from the cold depths bear able fitness. Thou art a love for the ages with grace,  That sets a full life upon higher wealth As I so discover’d mine own disgrace When I […]

Sonnet LXXVII

When thou shalt be inclined to set me free, T’will be a reckoning in face of angels Upon the clouds no mortal judgment be And passion’s truth so keep the sentinels. That words rap on doors as stolen thunder, Entering on thresholds of newfound fact Where pirates once mine own heart did plunder, Such deeds […]

Sonnet LXXVI

Glory! Thou art the sunlight to my day, And in sorrow’s night thou mak’st stars to shine: The laughter issuing tis mine gateway; This union in eternal love combine. So how long must I wait to see thy face, And in thine eyes gather all such riches? For diamonds fair can ne’er lose favored grace,Dancing […]

Sonnet LXXV

Was it the loud boisterous wind at thy back, Sailing upon seas of imaginings,That waves hath toss’d and forced thine vessel tack, Making thine ship the craft of awakings? Was it Neptune’s rage, that turned thee ‘round Thine bow turn windward, thy course compelling change? Nay, t’was I, that dreamt thee in moonlight crowned, Calming […]