of maidens fair (for LFdF) o! brightest star, of maidens born most fair thy light outshines all fairest blooms of spring not rose nor lily equal beauty bring thy fragrant scent no earthly flowers bear thy form has tangled me in golden snare thy smile doth crown the queen of love my king and in my heart her child has loosed his sting with feathered shafts that bind a sorrow there as tongues of flame consume all in their fire though blind to sight 'tis plain for all to see that too my mind doth burn with love's desire my soul, though free of earthly fault, shall be entangled by devotion to this pyre and flames of love consume the whole of me ~ if goddess love should glimpse thy gloried hair she'd thence beweep the dullness of her own thy brow and neck a fairer face have shown in gentle features delicate and rare thy countenance was born in Heaven's air and in that visage lips like roses grown shall offer Heaven's kiss from mouth alone naught else on earth could ever feign compare thy form and beauty shaped with subtle grace doth steal the same from others as if thief that i must cry aloud in fevered chase : thy love has wounded me beyond relief thy heart or none shall be my resting place pray answer me with love : no more with grief rjh 16aug2026 ~ inspired by Le Fox de Funk, "Sidus Clarum" https://suno.com/song/de9a9fad-5da6-48a2-99d5-e26171424c28 sound design and illustration by rjh and chat-gpt 5.6 sol (light) nb : these sonnets are a retelling of the "sidus clarum" story from the original latin ... with attention to also making this a listenable song ... i hope i have achieved that balance ... special thanks to Le Fox de Funk for making the latin text available after considerable background research ... 🙏 a songwriting pas de deux : #5 🎻
