[Shaun J. Russell]

The Last Of England: A Living Elegy For Queen Elizabeth II

That things will end with her does not seem fair
To us, we common motes amidst her light:
She sat where most nobility would stand,
And through her reign kept war and strife at bay.
It's true she had an oft-dismissive air
(As tabloids noted with vehement spray),
But through its guise she ruled our regal land--
A lion ever mindful of its roar.
And she was ours. She had no lusty fling
To mar her rule; she never walked the Strand
For idle pleasure. No. Do you begin
To see her greatness? Only death could bring
The end to this dominion -- we are in
The last of England. We shall have no King.