Poetry celebrating the life of QUEEN ELIZABETH II: From poets around the world (THE POET's international anthologies)

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Final preparations for events in the capital following the death of the Queen are taking place before she is flown from Edinburgh this evening. The crown is so heavy — weighing in at 2.2kg of solid gold — that it was worn only briefly by the Queen during the coronation service, being swapped for the lighter Imperial State Crown - the more familiar crown which the Queen wears habitually to state openings of parliament. Sixty years ago, it was placed on her head by the then Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Geoffrey Fisher. “By a glance she indicated it was steady,” he later recalled. Such was the social disapproval of divorce that The Queen’s own sister Margaret had to abandon her relationship with Group Captain Peter Townsend because of his past failed marriage. Overseas, Britain still ruled a huge empire of 70 territories and had a colossal navy.

A local man has paid a touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after her death was announced last night. Edward Jenkins wrote the poem to express his heartache, saying that he became as sad as he was when his mother passed away. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." Betjeman’s poem on the same event – written three years before he succeeded Day-Lewis – was rather more successful, mainly by virtue of making no attempt to rise to the gravity of the occasion: On being appointed, he told Balcon: “If I can write some verses on the amalgamation of six Teesside boroughs, I shall feel I’ve really achieved something.” He did just that, in Hail, Teesside!: Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father."Former NZ poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh speaking at a reception at Government House in 2018. Getty Images Public poetry isn’t dead His “ Floral Tribute” to the queen on her death is a double acrostic, the first letter of each of its lines spelling “Elizabeth” twice. Armitage has described this as a “problem to which the poem becomes a solution,” enabling him to “stretch [his] imagination” and “encode” Elizabeth’s name, connecting it with the “little signs and signals” of poetry of Elizabeth I’s age (1558-1603). That sounds a little desperate.

As for the Queens, two stand out from the meagre ranks of female sovereigns. One is Victoria, who gave her name to an entire age through the long span of her reign from 1837 to January 22, 1901. It is an entirely new conception built on the highest qualities of the spirit of man: friendship, loyalty and the desire for freedom and peace. To that new conception of an equal partnership, I shall give myself heart and soul every day of my life,” she said in her Coronation year. In this blog post, Funeral Guide will run through all of the hymns, poems, and readings given at both the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, held in Westminster Abbey, and the Commital Service, held at St George's Chapel. Hymns from the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II On the morning of Friday 9 September 2022, here in Australia, we learnt of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As a child, the concept of ‘tea with the queen’ was something that so many Australians aspired to in their lifetime. Yet somehow, she made us feel as if we were all part of her family and that she would be there to manage our trouble and strife. So much has been said about her service, loyalty, dignity, grace, humour and steadfastness, qualities that feel as if they come from another time and place.Tennyson would write numerous poems based on Arthurian legend, culminating in his vast blank-verse epic Idylls of the King, although his earlier, shorter (though still substantial) poem ‘Morte d’Arthur’ offers a great way into Tennyson’s Arthurian world and is a good point of departure for an analysis of Tennyson’s engagement with Arthuriana. Perhaps her strongest rival for first place in the pantheon of greatness is her namesake Elizabeth I, who presided over the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, brought stability to England after a period of religious conflict, sacrificed her own romantic happiness to the needs of her nation, and enabled the arts, particularly the theatre, to flourish. She had both wisdom and vision.