A Queen
Erotica
A queen—he loved her,His queen—he moved herFor she was human.Ermine robes, jewelled crown,Thrust aside, thrown down,Left but a woman.And did they blame her?Or could it shame her?No! love became her.
Arthur Clark Kennedy (1857–1926)
Erotica
A queen—he loved her,His queen—he moved herFor she was human.Ermine robes, jewelled crown,Thrust aside, thrown down,Left but a woman.And did they blame her?Or could it shame her?No! love became her.