Poems in Elizabeth I

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I grieve and dare not show my discontent

I love and yet I'm forced to seem to hate

I do yet dare not say I ever meant

I seem stark mute yet inwordly do prate

I am and I'm not

I freeze yet I'm burned

since from myself another self I turned

my care is like my shadow in the sun

follows me flying

fly is when I pursue it

stands and lies by me

does what I have done

or let me live with some more sweet content

or die

and so forget love I meant







What I must not say is that I love you

The more I let you go

the more I seem to have need of you

And it will not go away

no matter how much I command it

Do you the queen is mistress of her feelings

No She is a fool for love

A hopeless fool






My prime of youth is but a frost of cares

My feast of joy is but a dish of pain

My cup of corn is but a field of tares

And all my good is but vain hope of gain

The day is gone and yet I saw no sun

And now I live

And now my life is done

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Extended Reading

Elizabeth I quotes

  • Sir Francis Walsingham: I think the French make better acquaintances than friends.

  • [Elizabeth is visiting Mary Stuart secretly]

    Mary Queen of Scots: You were not announced.

    Queen Elizabeth I: I am not here.