Aspire
Till whatsoever star that guides my moving
Points on me graciously with fair aspect
And puts apparel on my tatter’d loving,
To show me worthy of thy sweet respect:
Then may I dare to boast how I do love thee.
–Sonnet XXVI (26)
Category: Romantic
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March 25
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March 15
In Your Eyes
But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
And, constant stars, in them I read such art
As truth and beauty shall together thrive.—Sonnet XIV (14)
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March 13
Reflection
I do protest I never loved myself
Till now infixed I beheld myself
Drawn in the flattering table of her eye.–King John,
Act II, Scene i -
March 12
Deep as the Sea
O… that thou didst
know how many fathom deep I am in love!
But it cannot be sounded;
my affection hath an unknown bottom.—As You Like It,
Act IV, Scene i -
March 11
Yours
And my love indeed,
For who love I so much?
And now who knows
But you…whether I am yours?–The Merchant of Venice,
Act II, Scene vi -
March 5
Book of Love
Reason becomes the marshal to my will
And leads me to your eyes, where I o’erlook
Love’s stories written in love’s richest book.–A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act II, Scene ii
