An Ode to Melisinda

By Chris Bramley

Written by Germanicus Icundus for the Tournament of Garhound in 1618 S.T.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and temperate.
Your pleasing smile lead men astray,
And your golden hair do captivate.


If I could write the beauty of your eyes,
And in fresh numbers number all your graces,
The age to come would say this poet lies,
Such heavenly touches never touched earthly faces.


Oh Yemalio grant me eloquence,
To profess my love to one so fair,
And if not, some form of recompense,
For great rifts in my heart it would tear.


Your beauty will grace both song and rhyme,
For all to enjoy, for the rest of time."

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