Eight Sonnets From The Reminiscence Sonnet 1

SONNET 1

JUST LIKE AN EVENING STAR WHOSE BRILLIANCY
SURPASSES ALL THE REST, SHE STANDS SUPREME
AMONG HER SEX AND ALL MORTALITY;
BUT SHE'S BEYOND MY REACH UNLESS I DREAM.

SO FAIR A ONE I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE--
I OFTEN PAUSE AND IN A DAZE ADMIRE
HER GRACEFUL STYLE AND BEAUTY, AND ADORE
HER, WISHING THAT SHE'LL GRANT MY HEART'S DESIRE.

LAST NIGHT I SWEETLY SLUMBERED, AND I DREAMED
SHE CAME TO ME AND SAID SHE LOVES ME TOO--
A LOVELY MOON WAS SHINING AND IT SEEMED
THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE SOMETIMES COMES TRUE.

I WAS ABOUT TO KISS HER BENEATH THE MOON;
BUT MORNING DAWNED, AND I AWOKE TOO SOON.

By Arlice Siegel - Eight Sonnets From The Reminiscence