CXLIV

Haiku-Sonnet CXLIV

corrupt my saint
to a devil
one angel in another's hell

CXLIII

Haiku-Sonnet CXLIII

housewife runs to catch
feathered creatures broke away
sets down the babe

CXLII

Haiku-Sonnet CXLII

those lips
profaned their scarlet ornaments
sealed false bonds

CXLI

Haiku-Sonnet CXLI

one foolish heart
five wits unswayed
a thousand errors note

CXL

Haiku-Sonnet CXL

be wise
my tongue-tied patience
this ill-wresting world is grown so bad

CXXXIX

Haiku-Sonnet CXXXIX

wound me not
with pretty looks
unkindness lays upon my heart

CXXXVIII

Haiku-Sonnet CXXXVIII

habit is in seeming trust
on both sides is simple truth suppressed
by lies we flattered be

CXXXVII

Haiku-Sonnet CXXXVII

see where it lies
anchored in the bay
the wide world's common place

XLVIII

Haiku-Sonnet XLVIII

a vulgar thief
a prize so dear
now fear for truth

from Twelfth Night

Haiku Sweet-and-Twenty

every wise man's
journey's end
- still unsure

XLVII

Haiku-Sonnet XLVII

painted banquet
picture still with me
- sleep famished eye

XLVI

Haiku-Sonnet XLVI

crystal eyes
and heart at mortal war
fair appearance lies

XLV

Haiku-Sonnet XLV

swift messengers
returned recounting
oppressed with melancholy

XLIV

Haiku-Sonnet XLIV

soon as think the place
upon the farthest earth
nimble thought can leap large lengths

XLIII

Haiku-Sonnet XLIII

in the living day
view things unrespected
- all days are nights

XLII

Haiku-Sonnet XLII

lay me on this cross
my loss
is my love's gain

XLI

Haiku-Sonnet XLI

pretty wrongs
that liberty commits
in riot even there

XL

Haiku-Sonnet XL

gentle thief
take all my love
steal my poverty

XXXIX

Haiku-Sonnet XXXIX


with manners may I sing
to entertain the time
- sour leisure gave sweet leave

XXXVIII

Haiku-Sonnet XXXVIII

rhymers invocate
sweet argument on vulgar paper
the tenth muse to invent

XXXVII

Haiku-Sonnet XXXVII

decrepit father
engrafted deeds of youth
- beauty truth and wit

XXXVI

Haiku-Sonnet XXXVI

we confess
not love's effect
sweet blots remain