English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Queen Elizabeth Speaks. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер)

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.

Joyce Kilmer’s other poems:

1. St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars
2. The Robe of Christ
3. Madness
4. Multiplication
5. The Snowman in the Yard

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