Blackbird Sonnets

Sonnet I
 How shall I fly
 When feathers be not mine
 Though all my wishes
 Skyward do attend
 How tie my wounded heartstrings safe to thine
 So thou to me
 Like sun to moon
 Descend
 Or if thou wilt not bend thy starry frame
 Wishing to keep thy brow o'ercrowned with mist
 I'll rise
 So that thy place shall stay the same
 But will not then depart from heights
 Unkiss'd
 For bargains may be struck
 And kept with pride
 When lovers from their just demands
 Ne'er hide
 Sonnet II
 My lover's eyes are darker than the moon
 Or are they brighter?
 I cannot decide
 His tender voice makes other's out of tune
 And shows me how I cannot them abide
 His movements are of more than feline grace
 His hands are soft
 And pale as ivory
 And though I've rarely seen
 A stranger face
 More perfect looks
 I should abhor to see
 For others may be pleasanter in part
 But all my love
 Remains a work of art
 Sonnet III
 How is it
 That I smile
 When I am sad?
 From what resource do I derive this strength?
 I've lost none
 But a thing I never had
 To keep it
 Would I go to any length
 But distance
 Is not measured in a heart
 So I could weep
 And say that I've been wronged
 And yet, as ever
 Be so far apart
 From him
 To whom
 I swore that I belonged
 Alas
 I blame as though he were untrue
 I loved him
 But, poor fool
 He never knew
 Sonnet IV
 If all you love I am
 As I am quite
 Then why dost thou not love?
 Dost thou not see
 A plainly perfect match?
 If thou art bright
 Then why
 When thou dost love
 Love'st thou not me?
 Instead preferring someone
 Far removed
 From all you claim to most admire?
 I would
 Commit you as a lunatic
 If proved
 Thus mad you were my ward
 For your own good
 And yet I'm making light of my own pain
 Because I finally love
 Yet love in vain