Vexing Bright Star

Bright Star,
were I as steadfast in beauty as thou art,
Galileo's folly,
curse these lids apart,
nay curse Aphrodite's volley,
the infliction from the start,
tracing brash wisdom,
Oedipus did impart,
lest this Siren with talons,
rend both flesh and heart.

Cupid an Psyche

Curse my eyes,
lest I fall in love again,
one mind with Venus,
punishment is due to this unlawful sin,
beauty and poise averted eyes from a goddess,
winged judgment to give your bittersweet lips a kiss,
a task for this messenger unseen,
heaven hear my orison that it will end with me invisible Cupid,
and you Psyche my queen.