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Poem – Elizabeth
This is a poem from Esther Hyams’ series of poems on the life of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I’s mother, which can be found at our sister site www.theanneboleynfiles.com. Princess Elizabeth Elizabeth The...
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Elizabeth I was well-known for her literary skills and it was even rumoured that she wrote some of William Shakespeare’s plays – a real conspiracy theory! Here are some of her famous poems:- The Doubt...
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The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy; For falsehood now doth flow, and subjects’ faith doth ebb, Which should not be if reason...
View ArticleOn Monsieur’s Departure
I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say I ever meant, I seem stark mute but inwardly to prate. I am and not, I freeze and yet am...
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No crooked leg, no bleared eye, No part deformed out of kind, Nor yet so ugly half can be As is the inward suspicious mind. By Queen Elizabeth I (c.1554-1555)
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Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be, Quoth Elizabeth prisoner. By Queen Elizabeth I (written with a diamond on her window at Woodstock c.1554-1555)
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Never think you Fortúne can bear the sway Where virtue’s force can cause her to obey. By Queen Elizabeth I (c.1568-1570)
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On Monsieur’s Departure
François, Duke of Alençon and Anjou On this day in history, 10th June 1584, François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, died at the age of 30 from a fever, possibly malaria. Why am I writing about him here,...
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