Seeing yourself - at last – so beautiful:
cease, at last, that vision to deny!
What then, to see in your so glorious self?
What qualities shine out upon the world?
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'Dr Tafka': French poetry counts syllables; English poetry measures by 'iambic pentameter' so-called, as employed by Shakespeare: which allows of 'feet' with one, two, or three syllables. The 'sonnet' allows of many variations of rhyme scheme these liberal days.. And when I paraphrase famous sources, I put rhyme second to faith to the original.. How's your own poetry going these days?
what a beautiful reminder in this age of forgetfulness