Elizabeth I Poetry

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:-

In Defiance of Fortune

Never think you Fortúne can bear the sway Where virtue's...

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On Monsieur’s Departure

I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love...

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The Doubt of Future Foes

The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And...

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Woodstock Verses

Oh, Fortune! how thy restlesse wavering state Hath fraught with...

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Written in her French Psalter

No crooked leg, no bleared eye, No part deformed out...

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Written with a Diamond

Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be, Quoth Elizabeth...

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