Queenly Attributes

Many women of strength and great talent have lived in our history. Reading about them brings me strength and encourages me to create and share the talents given me. Elizabeth the first had such a woeful life, no husband and much loneliness….Yet she ruled with a fair hand and much dignity. She was beautiful and was  sought after by many men to be their Queen, but eluded all for the one she loved she could not have. Following is a poem she wrote and also a few facts you may be interested in.

 

 

'When I was fair and young'
Questionable Authorship by Elizabeth I

 

When I was fair and young then favour graced me;
Of many was I sought their mistress for to be.
But I did scorn them all, and answered them therefore,
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

How many weeping eyes I made to pine in woe;
How many sighing hearts I have no skill to show;
Yet I the prouder grew, and answered them therefore,
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

Then spake fair Venus' son, that proud victorious boy,
And said, you dainty dame, since that you be so coy,
I will so pluck your plumes that you shall say no more
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

When he had spake these words such change grew in my breast,
That neither night nor day I could take any rest.
Then, lo!  I did repent, that I had said before
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

 

Queen Elizabeth I  (1533-1603)

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was  The Fifth and last Monarch of the Tudor Dynasty and Daughterof Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed three years after her birth, and  Elizabeth

was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI, cut her out of the succession. His will was set aside, and in 1558  Elizabeth 

succeeded her half-sister, the Catholic Mary, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.

 

May your creative talents be enlightened by her love of life and beauty of heart.

Artwork by Becky Loyall  Visit me at: www.whymsicalmusings.blogspot.com

 

 

'When I was fair and young'
Questionable Authorship by Elizabeth I

 

When I was fair and young then favour graced me;
Of many was I sought their mistress for to be.
But I did scorn them all, and answered them therefore,
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

How many weeping eyes I made to pine in woe;
How many sighing hearts I have no skill to show;
Yet I the prouder grew, and answered them therefore,
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

Then spake fair Venus' son, that proud victorious boy,
And said, you dainty dame, since that you be so coy,
I will so pluck your plumes that you shall say no more
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

When he had spake these words such change grew in my breast,
That neither night nor day I could take any rest.
Then, lo!  I did repent, that I had said before
Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere,
Importune me no more.

 

Queen Elizabeth I  (1533-1603)

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was  The Fifth and last Monarch of the Tudor Dynasty and Daughterof Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed three years after her birth, and  Elizabeth

was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI, cut her out of the succession. His will was set aside, and in 1558  Elizabeth 

succeeded her half-sister, the Catholic Mary, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.

 

May your creative talents be enlightened by her love of life and beauty of heart.

Artwork by Becky Loyall  Visit me at: www.whymsicalmusings.blogspot.com

Comments

[Chrisy]

Gorgeous artwork...and doesn't it look fabulous on the dark blog background...

[michelle renee]

OMGosh! Love that!! The colors are so vibrant. M~