Sonnet CI: The One Hope
Sonnet CI: The One Hope When vain desire at last and vain regret Go hand in hand to death, and all is vain, What shall assuage […]
READ MORESonnet I: Love Enthroned
Sonnet I: Love Enthroned I marked all kindred Powers the heart finds fair:— Truth, with awed lips; and Hope, with eyes upcast; And Fame, whose loud […]
READ MORESonnet II: Bridal Birth
Sonnet II: Bridal Birth As when desire, long darkling, dawns, and first The mother looks upon the newborn child, Even so my Lady stood at gaze […]
READ MORESonnet III: Love’s Testament
Sonnet III: Love’s Testament O thou who at Love’s hour ecstatically Unto my heart dost evermore present, Clothed with his fire, thy heart his testament; Whom […]
READ MORESonnet IV: Lovesight
Sonnet IV: Lovesight When do I see thee most, beloved one? When in the light the spirits of mine eyes Before thy face, their altar, solemnize […]
READ MORESonnet IX: Passion And Worship
Sonnet IX: Passion And Worship One flame-winged brought a white-winged harp-player Even where my lady and I lay all alone; Saying: “Behold, this minstrel is unknown; […]
READ MORESonnet LIII: Without Her
Sonnet LIII: Without Her What of her glass without her? The blank grey There where the pool is blind of the moon’s face. Her dress without […]
READ MORESonnet LIV: Love’s Fatality
Sonnet LIV: Love’s Fatality Sweet Love,—but oh! most dread Desire of Love Life-thwarted. Linked in gyves I saw them stand, Love shackled with Vain-longing, hand to […]
READ MORESonnet LIX: Love’s Last Gift
Sonnet LIX: Love’s Last Gift Love to his singer held a glistening leaf, And said: “The rose-tree and the apple-tree Have fruits to vaunt or flowers […]
READ MORESonnet LV: Stillborn Love
Sonnet LV: Stillborn Love The hour which might have been yet might not be, Which man’s and woman’s heart conceived and bore Yet whereof life was […]
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