Full Measure, a Sonnetfor a dear friend The measure of our love is fully gained again, and once again we have ensured our love can never never be restrained, though decades pass. And so it has endured. If you and I had never fallen out we never would have rediscovered bliss; now since it’s certain we are both devout our God ordains our love is not remiss. Since God ordains our love from Heaven’s gate, we may rest assured He loves us dearly, and know no time for love can come too late since in sharing grace we love sincerely. And though we die, we never die in death but share the breath of Heaven’s hallowed breath. © by Richard Vallance Janke Sept. 14 2018; revised Feb. 22 2019
Full Measure, a Sonnet
Sappho, spelled (in the dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho, (born c. 610, Lesbos, Greece — died c. 570 BCE). A lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style.
Her language contains elements from Aeolic vernacular and poetic tradition, with traces of epic vocabulary familiar to readers of Homer. She has the ability to judge critically her own ecstasies and grief, and her emotions lose nothing of their force by being recollected in tranquillity.
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