Christmas Choice (Shakespearean Sonnet)

by Mr. Darcy   Dec 28, 2016


~ ~ ~ ~Christmas choice~ ~ ~ ~

If I should hold your beauty to this day,

The purest light against all festive dreams;

Beneath the magnitude of gloried praise,

My heart may wonder what's in summers gleam?

By holding in each hand a glowing light,

I see their attributes before my eyes:

A day where love is gifted to our Christ,

A life with you, sweet love, a welcomed cry.

If there were no more Christmas days for me,

And jingle bells were banished from my world,

My life would sparkle daily 'neath my tree

With you my love, my only Christmas girl.

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No Christmas light could match my honey rays,

She fills my heart with splendid summer days.

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© 2016 - Mr. Darcy

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  • 9 years ago

    by Brenda

    Michael, such a beautiful sonnet. It's wonderful to know that even if all the joys and blessings of Christmas were gone you would still have this pure love of this special person. Well done-

    • 9 years ago

      by Mr. Darcy

      Thanks, Brenda. You too, challenge Christmas light. :)

  • 9 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Pretty much the same thing, I think but I don't know exactly!

    • 9 years ago

      by Mr. Darcy

      I feel a challenge coming on...

  • 9 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Under, too - Lucero is absolutely right.

    Michael, you can be the jester in our court anytime, lol

    • 9 years ago

      by Mr. Darcy

      Ah, Jester - that's what they are called. What's a Harlequin?

  • 9 years ago

    by Everlasting

    I like the sentiment.

    Though just to be picky casting and Under are both trochee.

    But it's no biggy.

    • 9 years ago

      by Mr. Darcy

      Thank you both - if you are the King and Queen, then maybe I can be the Joker! lol

  • 9 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Michael, I am not the sonnet king, lol - nearly all of what I know is from you and if I had any questions about them, I'd still come to you.
    As far as casting's concerned, I'm pretty sure it's the word 'cast' (stressed) then the suffix 'ing' - unstressed.
    I'm also fairly sure that any word ending with 'ing' would have the unstressed syllable there.

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