Sonnet CLXXXIV
At daybreak, I heard an angel’s voice near,Her voice known, a Germanic lilted tone Gone beyond, to where there is no more fear,Born of God for this life was just on loan. So I asked on high “Why dear Inge, Lord?”In a tender whisper of love He said,Such righteous beauty, can ne’er be ignoredA rock in […]
Sonnet CLXXXIII
If my life’s loves, were but stones, yea, exposed;Each heart a vulnerable riddle sungA rhymed reason that time hath decomposed;Where mine core abandoned once trophies hung. Then love would bear that blueness of spirit,Unrequited and unblamed tis thine own;Once consumed by fire, the winds did hear itDeprived of glow where stones adorned thy throne. Gentle […]
Sonnet CLXXXII
Those witty dogs that gaiety consumes,Attend mine heart when absence comes to light,Thine amity jests where wounds once filled rooms,Where redemption tis a glorious sight. Gentle soul thy gaze therefore to be gained,Loyal thou art, befitting an age regaled;Where charmed delight upon this servant rained,And glee swelled thy mirthful vigor unveiled. Ay me! Such frolicsome […]
Sonnet CLXXXI
Mountain and Sun once Nature’s eye beamingTruth thou art, the infinite of design;As mother’s breast, with gentle heart gleaming, With seminal courage, this world define. Thy rays brighter than Saturn’s rings reeling,Where man tis nourished in thy bosom sweet That all form whereupon such light peeling;Satisfies the heart, all ardor replete. A king’s ransom bears […]
Sonnet CLXXX
To fear, that unknown friend, thou can’st ne’er win,For as strength climbs the sinewed vines of heart,Such sway thy beauty yields to much chagrinIt doth from the vale of souls truth impart, For darkness grows in realms of unknown grief, Where the mind reels within peppered season,And that barren truth a wind-tossed leaf,T’was born of […]
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 […]