First Line: I SIT A QUEEN, AND AM NO WIDOW, AND SHALL SEE NO SORROW Last Line: BETHINK THEE: TODAY MUST END; THERE IS NO END OF TOMORROW. Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; GRIEF; WOMEN; SORROW; SADNESS;
"I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow" -- Yea, scarlet woman, today: but not yea at all tomorrow. Scarlet queen on a scarlet throne all today without sorrow, Bethink thee: today must end; there is no end of tomorrow.