Poems (Mary Coleridge)/Poem 14

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XIV REGINA
My Queen her sceptre did lay down,She took from her head the golden crownWorn by right of her royal birth.Her purple robe she cast aside,And the scarlet vestures of her pride,That was the pride of the earth.In her nakedness was sheQueen of the world, herself and me.
My Queen took up her sceptre bright,Her crown more radiant than the light,The rubies gleaming out of the gold.She donned her robe of purple rare,And did a deed that none may dare,That makes the blood run cold.And in her bravery is sheQueen of herself, the world and me.
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