Fair Maiden, Forever This True Love Hold
Fair Maiden, Forever This True Love Hold
In your gold cage, I desire to grow old
in your house of romance, I dance.
Fair maiden, forever this true love hold
our hands were not joined by mere chance!
In thy warm heart, I pray we never part
may we sail upon calm blue seas.
Tis wrong to deny love dwells in each heart
must I now fall on bend-ed knees?
Remember thy vow, June night we first met
that first kiss and its honeyed-glow.
Life is wild, we have won its greatest bet
together we face life's great show!
In your gold cage, I desire to grow old.
Fair maiden, forever this true love hold.
Robert J. Lindley,
(first draft- Aug. 19th, 1976)
Edited (slightly) today-December, 27th)
Sonnet, Lin 10/8/10/8
Syllables Per Line: 10 8 10 8 0 10 8 10 8 0 10 8 10 8
Total # Syllables: 108
Total # Words: 92
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