Poem by Joyce Kilmer

Queen Elizabeth Speaks

My hands were stained with blood, my heart was 
proud and cold,
My soul is black with shame . . . but I gave Shakespeare gold.
So after aeons of flame, I may, by grace of God,
Rise up to kiss the dust that Shakespeare’s feet have trod.

1. The Cathedral of Rheims
2. To Certain Poets
3. St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars
4. Thanksgiving
5. Mount Houvenkopf

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