Sonnet CLXXIV

When worldly matters turn upside downward,And viewpoints outstretched hold firm to the past,Where youth’s courage blazed against a coward,That all did’st believe that chance would e’er last.Then sways imagination to new height,Where all primordial strength doth converge,To yield, within thine own, as soul takes flight,As pendulum swings, quenching sweet the urge.Let climactic perfection’s beauty rise,An […]

Sonnet CLXXIII

From highest heavens harmony doth soar,That below azure seas softly glimmer,And summon spirit powers by the shore, valuedTo sweeten life when sunlight grows dimmer. How fair, feathered sire, regal amid clouds,Burn oh brightest flame, cleanse my flagging soul,Ascending above threadbare mortal shrouds,Within thine eyes, mine heart a newborn foal. Thou art now the Sun’s noble […]

Sonnet CLXXII

Harmony’s heart herald of morning glow,Glimmers of beauty bright fill mine vessel,Where brimming sweetness like sunlit waves flow,As vivid leaves the wooded ground nestle. Thy feet standing on sacred path taken,Crisp air caressing thy slight silhouetteOf light, myself, in thee, I awaken;To freshness thy luminous youth will let. Nature’s child in amazement resounding,Hear the voice […]

Sonnet CLXXI

I, implore thee, do not envy defend!Useless cruelty doth destroy goodness;Curled within thine soul pure deception rend;And slays the lion’s heart of sureness. True delight that thou lovest me only,In the summer of our youthful virtue,Seeing the free heart replace the lonely,Knowing love so pure could never hurt you. Let us revel dear: ah! fragrance […]

Sonnet CLXX

How lovely thou art, as the light of day,For what feelings, my beauty, in thee end,Hold my hand that mine tattered heart might say,‘Play on this music that all love defend!’ To feast on warm tones, free of woeful pain,Please delay not, for thy voice revives me;From all ill uphold thee whence tears did rain;This […]

Sonnet CLXIX

Be wary they say, as heart thieves do lurk,Each pulsating function within my breast,Deception reveals the brute’s handiworkLeaping forth winded, with impassioned zest. But thou, in name of valor rally on,Comforting, now mine heart’s languishing grief,Thou, born of slightness, issued with brawn,Left me to ponder all boorish belief. Thou provoking a conjured hellish ghost,Wandering nomad […]

Sonnet CLXVIII

So stirs the heart in the eye of the storm;For fleshy clouds in ashen sadness turn,Where jagged streams of light never conform,That hearts in love would as the thunder burn. Arms of Zeus embrace the crackling steel sky, Where upon such firmament stroke thy brush,And in time paint mine heart’s delight on high,With thoughts of […]

Sonnet CLXVII

In contradiction of peace, lines hath blurred,Such gravity of affection hasten,And ne’er hath love been quite so undeterred,For to last forever, wise hearts chasten. Against windswept odds thou shalt gladly rise,And greet each sunlit gust that gives thee more,With secreted embrace, thou would’st despise,That deceit t’was met with immense furor. Where truth did’st vacillate amongst […]

Sonnet CLXVI

Dance in my dream, and let feet speak loudestGive voice to rhyme that lifts life to new height;Where hope listens and joy rings the proudest,And smiles beguile the heav’ns, bringing fresh sight. For now is where wonders would awaken,Maintaining power of such miracles,That all who see will not be mistaken,And take love that’s real, to […]

Sonnet CLXV

For whereupon this cold strained barrierBreak man’s unjust bias that seeks its own?That didst pay the River Styx carrierWith weary blood-stained thoughts chilled to the bone. But now stands an hourglass losing sand,And death’s reprieve buried deeply withinThat worthy quarrel bears thee close at hand,Much pain the likes of life’s first mortal sin. Now find […]