Oxford Sonnet

An Oxford Sonnet We came again to city of spires and dreams There: were England's aspirations built and carved In honeyed stone of Jurassic coral seas Where minds are sculpted, nurtured and preserved From ancient college, fount of Nation's learning Beyond oak doors, The High tells tale in stone The buildings speak eloquence of spirits' yearning In stately palace and in humble home In the sun wide eyed emperors gaze in bewildered senescence By Sheldonian and Clarendon, symbols of human elation And in night darkened square the Camera's massive presence Is viscerally discerned as of primal creation Here we sought to kindle embers and to start The fires of invention in youthful hearts Notes 'The High' = The High Street, lined with historic architecture. The 'emperors' = the series of sculpted heads on pillars that fence The Sheldonian Theatre. The Clarendon Building = a fine and noble example of English Baroque. The Radcliffe Camera = Iconic large Rotunda housing a library Contest entered with NA : Cityscape 11 Jan 2020