Poems (Jackson)/Memoir of a Queen
ER name, before she was a queen, boots not.NWhen she was crowned, her kingdom said,"The Queen!"And after that, all other names too meanBy far had seemed. Perhaps all were forgot,Save "Queen, sweet queen."Save "Queen, sweet queen."Such pitiable lotAs till her birth her kingdom had, was seenNever in all fair lands, so torn betweenFalse grasping powers, that toiled and fought, but gotNo peace.No peace.All curious search is wholly vainFor written page or stone whereon occursA mention of the kingdom which obeyedThis sweet queen's rule. But centuries have laidNo dead queen down in royal sepulchresWhose reign was greater or more blest than hers.
MEMOIR OF A QUEEN.
ER name, before she was a queen, boots not.NWhen she was crowned, her kingdom said,"The Queen!"And after that, all other names too meanBy far had seemed. Perhaps all were forgot,Save "Queen, sweet queen."Save "Queen, sweet queen."Such pitiable lotAs till her birth her kingdom had, was seenNever in all fair lands, so torn betweenFalse grasping powers, that toiled and fought, but gotNo peace.No peace.All curious search is wholly vainFor written page or stone whereon occursA mention of the kingdom which obeyedThis sweet queen's rule. But centuries have laidNo dead queen down in royal sepulchresWhose reign was greater or more blest than hers.