Sonnet CXCIV
In desert realms fond whispers blow, A prince, with heart in fervent flame. Enthralled by starlight’s gaze aglow Where love’s allure called out his name. In shadows cast by palms on high, HIs dream, a vision fair and bright. As beauty lights the moonlit sky, Enchanting souls in endless night. Though worlds apart, […]
Sonnet CXCIII
My lovers’ tears are falling like the rain; Silently streaming beads filled with dissent And anger red, the trails of sorrow’s strain; If eyes be seas, black waves rear discontent. Like coral Sun bargains with pale darkness Thy tarnished cheek doth caress my warm hand; As thy perfumed neck pervades the starkness One chance mine […]
Sonnet CXCII
Let not stone-cold judgment thy love denyFor the summer of thy youth tis not lost:Make sweet melody; all darkness defyWhere beauty strengthens, when life’s dreams be tossed. Bow thy head not to the capricious moon,Who shifts mindlessly without compassion,That regret itself tis inopportune,And futile anguish seems out of fashion; Bear thy nakedness to the morning […]
Sonnet CXCI
Who can hold a candle to thee lady?To ponder thee is beauty manifest:Thy sinewed limbs climb to heights unshady,And fortune’s pride hath held thee at her breast. Oft the light within thee ignites true love,And this sunrise in thine eyes kindles gold;That worlds hold dear nature’s ebony dove, Thy gifts now heroic stories retold. For thy […]
Sonnet CXC
Speak’st thou, so harsh! nay say thee shamelessly,As wisdom’s voice contrarily denies.For barren senses wander aimlessly,And inwardly, not beyond, mount disguise. Self-loathing swells as coolness engulfs thee,Upon all whom thou hath lost in love’s wake.Seeing darkness shake the soul’s weeping tree,Yielding betrayal of self as hearts break. Such fruit dries on vines where virtue abates,Where […]
Sonnet CLXXXIX
Ah me! What luminous starry-eyed hue,Questioning sanity’s instinct within,Where lucidity turns electric blue,And eclipse of heart hath lured thee in! O, be not disheartened o’er unknown woes!Stained glass cheeks bearing crystal tears, That by anguished intention overflows,Quelling my discomfort placating fears. Be it brighter then still, living to give,Burdened no longer by daunted dreaming,Where violet-shadowed […]
Sonnet CLXXXVIII
The scarlet sparrow perched on a branch,Proud sprite, from whence grace her wings did brighten.From depth of soul tears fell in avalanche,Yet by her grit did the world enlighten. In my love’s eyes mine own will firmly rose;The bloom lit sparks caressing all my might.With purity, courage, and pointed toes,When beauty tearfully stood tall that […]
Sonnet CLXXXVII
From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April dress’d in all his trim Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh’d and leap’d with him. Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue Could make me […]
Sonnet CLXXXVI
Blissful aquamarine Eden of heart,Where Sun doth frolic in a dance of light,Upon thy shore brimming till swells depart,And surge thee with commanding waves of might. Oh! Mine own darkness confronted by fearHath trust revealed, wherein I am fulfilled,For thou art sublime; drying every tear; With timeless beauty thy love hath instilled, And grains of […]
Sonnet CLXXXV
That Sun hath shined, it is my love golden,And with it I pine o’er days spent blindly;That bright star lost, heart’s tempest embolden,Upon a swirling sea tossed less kindly. O’er waters deep, sweet sorrow’s courage wanes:Valiant purple, fade into curves of blue;And for all that hath been giv’n beauty feigns,Mine periled breast forsaking all I […]