Sonnet: Attempting to prove that Black is White

"It has been said of many, they were quite Prepared to prove (I do not mean in fun) That white was really black, and black was white; But I believe it has not yet been done. Black (Saxon, Blac) in any way to liken With *candour* may seem almost out of reach; Yet *whiten* is in kindred German *bleichen*, Undoubtedly identical with *bleach*: This last verb's cognate adjective is *bleak*— Reverting to the Saxon, *bleak* is blæk. [4] A semivowel is, at the last squeak, All that remains such difference wide to make— The hostile terms of keen antithesis Brought to an *E plus ultra* all but kiss!" [4…