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Poems by Queen Elizabeth I

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Written with a Diamond on her Window at Woodstock

... Quoth Elizabeth prisoner ...

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Ah, Silly Pug, Wert Thou So Sore Afraid

... Slain quite by her that ne’er gave wise men blow, ...

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Written on a Wall at Woodstock

... So God send to my foes all they have thought ...

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Oh, Fortune!

... And freeing those that death had well deserved ...

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On Monsieur's Departure

...   Some gentler passion slide into my mind, ...

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In Defiance of Fortune

... Where virtue's force can cause her to obey ...

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The Doubt of Future Foes

... Shall reap no gain where former rule still peace hath taught to know ...

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When I Was Fair And Young

... Then spake fair Venus’ son, that proud victorious boy, ...

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Written in her French Psalter

... As is the inward suspicious mind ...

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Answer to a Popish Priest, Giving Her Opinion on the Corporeal Presence

... He took the bread, and brake it: ...