Sonnet CLXXIX

That you were once unkind befriends me now,And for that sorrow which I then did feelNeeds must I under my transgression bow,Unless my nerves were brass or hammer’d steel. For if you were by my unkindness shakenAs I by yours, you’ve pass’d a hell of time,And I, a tyrant, have no leisure takenTo weigh how […]

Sonnet CLXXVIII

Thine eyes art beautiful, to see more love,And grasp a world beyond limitless skies,  A gateway to soulful glory above,Vigilant and fair mine heart mesmerize. Yet, rumored disrepute thou coldly doled While indignity’s disgrace held its swayBitterness encamped in hate’s vain stronghold,Trappings afoot upon an endless quay. Then, proof to be sure a seed surfaced […]

Sonnet CLXXVII

O, for my dear do I with misplaced heart,Employ airy deeds born of despair’s hope,For life unlived doth from my grief impart,That lonesome lull where lover learns to cope. Therein contemplation’s seeds wildly grow,And flames of insanity ride the windA loss this wayward knave hath come to knowWhere heart’s desire slumbers and life hath grinned  […]

Sonnet CLXXVI

Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,Some in their wealth, some in their bodies’ force,Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill,Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse; And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure,Wherein it finds a joy above the rest:But these particulars are not my measure;All these I better […]

Sonnet CLXXV

Beside my heart shall thee always be true,Where twinkling fairies rave in gold array,For eyes speak when joyful magic smiles through,And princely gaze furls banners o’er the fray. That soft verse lilting tames the lusty beast,And all ill doth fade amid the shadow,As seraph’s herald forth a divine feast,Healing the lonely cherished earth below. Rouse […]