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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE SAME BEING SENT TO THE QUEEN OF SWEDEN, by ANDREW MARVELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O virgin queen of the north, expert in war
Last Line: My looks not always stern to royal friends.
Subject(s): Christina, Queen Of Sweden (1626-1689)
First Line: O virgin queen of the north, expert in war
Last Line: My looks not always stern to royal friends.
Subject(s): Christina, Queen Of Sweden (1626-1689)
O virgin Queen of the North, expert in war,
Christina, th' Arctic heaven's fair-shining star,
See the hard helmet's furrows on my brow --
Though old, not sluggard, yet in arms I go.
Whilst in Fate's pathless toils I struggle still,
And work the mandates of the people's will,
To you this shade its reverent forehead bends,
My looks not always stern to royal friends.
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