Sonnet XV, by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky (From the Sonnet-cycle "Lunaria")
Pure pearl of silence brooding on the sky, /
Presider o'er conception, lamp of dreams, /
Altar of nightly spell...
The pearl bejeweling the quiet of night..., by Constantine Rusanov The pearl bejeweling the quiet of night, /
The gem of the lagoon's star-studded base! /
Your light makes young and pallid every face, /
Thorn-a...