Dee

Offer Declined ( Sonnet )

Offer Declined

 

 

Thou art to me a thing of beauty rare

Thine eyes alone doth quicken my hearts pace

And some content a lifetime just to stare

Upon thy wondrous picture perfect face

 

Yet bothered I such beauty rules thy head

That thou would\'st deem thyself of Godly fame

\'Tis puffed thy chest and makes me think instead

Narcissus back and smiling from the frame

 

Whilst still I do admire thy beauty rare

\'Tis with respect thine offer I decline

And so return to thee thy portrait fair

And letter seeking of this hand of mine

 

\'Tis beauty that I seek without a doubt

But that which from the inside shine\'th out.