Bespoke the lady and the queen;

The woes of one so fair and young

Moved every heart and every tongue.

Driven from her home, a helpless child,

To brave the winds and billows wild;

An exile bred in realms afar,

Amid commotions, broils, and war.

In one short year, her hopes all crossed

A parent, husband, kingdom, lost!

And all ere eighteen years had shed