Sonnet XXV (Swan Lake)
Noble Prince thou hast come of wedding age, Where heart doth stir and mating dance inform Crossbow in hand, hunter seeks to engage; Charmed lake thy lovely swan doth thee transform Gently float fair swan on such lake of tears, Thy sea of glass dare not break Rothbart’s curse Tis thy heart so pure that […]
Sonnet XXIV
Why didst thou leave me in the light of morn And censure mine being without just cause So that fear o’ertake that were love once born Making brave note, fair one, of all mine flaws? As the star-filled sky through cloud thou shine, To open thy firmament’s gold array, Sent from the heavens thine image […]
Limitless Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKvGhAhikj4 Limitless – By Bon Jovi On a night like thisOne prayer, one wishStep out off the edgeIt’s worth the riskLife is limitless, limitlessLimitless, limitless
Sonnet XXIII
Such glory that eminent sunrise hath risen, Upon jungle tree that Africa name, Teeming with leaves that color imprison, Nocturnal glow all creatures n’er tame; Presence divine that shadow awaken With beauty held high tis heavenly grace, And hence the lonely bush hath mistaken,That lurks within to ease what pain this face Even when rain […]
Sonnet XXII
One act does not define a life discover’d If thou believe thy well-cast role tis thine When that lights thy bones and soul uncover’d And shalt by critic’s pen thy world design These brave bold scenes build as falls the fourth-wall Roaring farce with the prompting of thine line And mime thy silence doth eclipse […]
Sonnet XXI
Thou art the lips where sacred kiss hath breath’d Wrought with the embrace of thy beauties lost Who with all their souls mine life hath thee griev’d That all to oft thy dream is thine alone tossed Thy dearest art beloved as rose blooms Which I enraptured hath ordained love And where charms endear and […]
Sonnet XX
When to the treasur’d friends vanish’d from thought I bemoan the woe that summoned them hence Heavily did I wail afresh that brought; This day’s weeping that hath born the expense Sailing upon grief’s sea of tears did I; Such sad account live to tell thy story Of sorrow and loss such that drown mine […]
Sonnet XIX
A nearly perfect folk the Scandic be; That bear the Nordic air and forest deep Where Viking ruled the land and open sea Land of midnight Sun doth the night beweep Yet amidst glory a dim plague arose Upon sullen earth the darkness did quake; And soul upon soul fell where shadow grows That ancient […]
The Sound of Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FB9GYkIT3E Hello darkness, my old friendI’ve come to talk with you againBecause a vision softly creepingLeft its seeds while I was sleepingAnd the vision that was planted in my brainStill remainsWithin the sound of silence –Simon & Garfunkel REFLECTION: Darkness frequently gets a bad rap. Often it is used as a metaphor for evil and […]
Sonnet XVIII
Lo! Be thy face in daylight’s promise pure; So fair in shadow’d night as pleas’d Sun Tis the sky so rare freshly bought the cure To rise to higher stars thy vict’ry won Wind consent thee shake the buds of thy reign Upon this orb to rule heav’ns eyes hath hover’d Coronation’s jewel’d crown thine […]