19 May 1536- The End Of A Rivalry Poems
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These are poems written for 19 May 1536- The End Of A Rivalry by Lady Eleanor Boleyn.
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19 May 1536- The End Of A Rivalry Poems
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- #1 1- Mary- I stood there
- #2 2- Mary- Quiet
- #3 3- Mary- Scarcely daring to breathe
- #4 4- Mary- As Anne
- #5 5- Mary- My sister
- #6 6- Mary- My raven-haired
- #7 7- Mary- Captivating sister
- #8 8- Mary- Mounted the steps
- #9 9- Mary- My daughter Catherine
- #10 10- Mary- Or Cate
- #11 11- Mary- As we sometimes knew her
- #12 12- Mary- Followed behind her
- #13 13- Mary- With the rest of her ladies
- #14 14- Mary- Dressed in sombre colours
- #15 15- Mary- As befitted the occasion
- #16 16- Mary- She gave me a little smile
- #17 17- Mary- As she went past me
- #18 18- Mary- And I nodded stiffly
- #19 19- Mary- Unlike her
- #20 20- Mary- I had the reassurance
- #21 21- Mary- That King Henry
- #22 22- Mary- Would spare my sister
- #23 23- Mary- He'd given me his word
- #24 24- Mary- Hadn't he?
- #25 25- Mary- Of course, he had
- #26 26- Mary- He was just making her go
- #27 Chapter 27
- #28 28- Mary- That she'd never forget
- #29 29- Mary- Wasn't he
- #30 30- Anne- I turned to my priest
- #31 31- Anne- Receiving a blessing
- #32 32- Anne- Then I turned to the execution
- #33 33- Anne- As he knelt before me
- #34 34- Anne- Asking for forgiveness
- #35 35- Anne- For what he was about to do
- #36 36- Anne- I nodded
- #37 37- Anne- Raising my hand
- #38 38- Anne- Before walking forward
- #39 39- Anne- To the edge of the platform
- #40 40- Mary- The crowd around me
- #41 Chapter 41
- #42 42- Mary- And jeering
- #43 43- Suddenly fell silent
- #44 44- Mary- As Anne's lips parted
- #45 45- Mary- So she spoke even her first
- #46 46- Mary- Into an unexpected silence
- #47 47- Anne- Good People
- #48 48- Anne- My Good People
- #49 49- Anne- My eyes roved the crowd
- #50 50- Anne- I die here today
- #51 51- Anne- Because it will please your
- #52 52- Anne- It is a death I justly deserve
- #53 53- Anne- For I have not shown him
- #54 54- Anne- That his goodness to me
- #55 55- Anne- I confess to having had
- #56 56- Anne- And suspicions
- #57 57- Anne- And not having the wisdom
- #58 58- Anne- To conceal them
- #59 59- Mary- Anne continued to speak
- #60 60- Mary- But my concentration was
- #61 61- Mary- By two soldiers pushing
- #62 62- Mary- Merely greeting me as My Lady
- #63 63- Mary- I turned to scold them
- #64 64- Mary- Could they not leave me alone
- #65 65- Mary- Today of all days
- #66 66- Mary- But without another word
- #67 67- Mary- One of them
- #68 68- Mary- Thrust a heavy scroll
- #69 69- Mary- Into my hand
- #70 70- Mary- And then they were gone
- #71 71- Mary- I glanced down at the
- #72 72- Mary- I was holding
- #73 73- Mary- It bore the royal seal
- #74 74- Mary- Feeling a shiver of anticipati
- #75 75- Mary- Even in these circumstances
- #76 76- Mary- And hating myself for it
- #77 77- Mary- I broke the wax
- #78 78- Mary- And unrolled the missive
- #79 79- Mary- My eyes scanned every line
- #80 80- Mary- Of royal blue ink
- #81 81- Mary- Taking in every word
- #82 82- Mary- It was almost as if the King
- #83 83- Mary- Was talking to me
- #84 84- Mary- I could hear his voice
- #85 85- My Henry's voice
- #86 86- Mary- In the boldly penned letters
- #87 87- Henry- Mary
- #88 88- Henry- You risked your life
- #89 89- Coming to Court
- #90 90- Henry- And were only spared
- #91 91- Henry- Because of my respect
- #92 92- Henry- And affection
- #93 93- Henry- For you
- #94 94- Henry- You are advised not to do so
- #95 95- Henry- You will not be shown the
- #96 96- Henry- A second time
- #97 97- Henry- May God Bless you
- #98 98- Henry- And my son
- #99 99- Mary- I smiled
- #100 100- Mary- Though Henry had never
- #101 101- Mary- Openly acknowledged my boy
- #102 102- Mary- His namesake
- #103 103- Mary- As his own
- #104 104- Mary- He was his son
- #105 105- Mary- And this letter
- #106 106- Mary- Proved that he knew that
- #107 107- Mary- No matter what
- #108 108- Mary- Suddenly Anne's voice broke
- #109 109- Anne- Yet Mary Boleyn
- #110 110- Anne- My golden sister
- #111 111- Anne- Is the one who has to suffer
- #112 112- Anne- Of having to watch
- #113 113- Anne- Her brother and sister die
- #114 114- Anne- I implore you
- #115 115- Anne- Show her your pity
- #116 116- Anne- Not me
- #117 117- Anne- I deserve my fate
- #118 118- Anne- She does not deserve hers
- #119 119- Mary- My eyes flashed up towards
- #120 120- Mary- What was Anne talking about?
- #121 121- Mary- She wasn't going to die
- #122 122- Mary- Henry was going to spare her
- #123 123- Mary- He'd practically given me his
- #124 124- Mary- But then, with a second
- #125 125- Mary- At the piece of parchment I
- #126 126- Mary- I realized that there was
- #127 127- Mary- One I had earlier overlooked
- #128 128- Mary- It was just nine simple words
- #129 129- Mary- But then sent shivers
- #130 130- Mary- Of foreboding
- #131 131- Mary- Down my spine
- #132 132- Henry- And May God have mercy on
- #133 133- Mary- I dropped the piece of paper
- #134 134- Mary- I didn't need to know any
- #135 135- Mary- It had all been in vain
- #136 136- Mary- My mad ride to Court
- #137 137- Mary- After my brother's death
- #138 138- Mary- My fervent appeal
- #139 139- Mary- At King Henry's feet
- #140 140- Mary- None of it had done any good
- #141 141- Mary- It hadn't saved Anne's life
- #142 142- Mary- She was still condemned to
- #143 143- Mary- Before my eyes
- #144 144- Mary- Despite myself
- #145 145- Mary- My eyes tried to avert
- #146 146- Mary- From the spectacle in front
- #147 147- Mary- No Mary
- #148 148- Mary- You cannot look away
- #149 149- Mary- This is your sister
- #150 150- Mary- That thought drumming in my
- #151 151- Mary- I forced myself to watch
- #152 152- Mary- As Anne sank to her knees
- #153 153- Mary- Before the block
- #154 154- Mary- No spread-eagle position for
- #155 155- Mary- Not for the one who had been
- #156 Chapter 156
- #157 157- Mary- She was to die as befitted a
- #158 158- Mary- Kneeling upright
- #159 159- Mary- To await the swing of the
- #160 160- Mary- My daughter Catherine stepped
- #161 161- Mary- Offering Anne the relative
- #162 162- Mary- And security
- #163 163- Mary- Of a blindfold
- #164 164- Mary- But my sister waved it away
- #165 165- Mary- Shaking her head just slight
- #166 166- Mary- Bring me my sword
- #167 167- Mary- The executioner's voice cut
- #168 168- Mary- The deadly quiet
- #169 169- Mary- And Anne turned
- #170 170- Mary- As his assistant
- #171 171- Mary- Moved
- #172 172- Mary- Just out of her line of
- #173 173- Her eyes
- #174 174- Mary- Roaming the crowd
- #175 175- Mary- Caught mine
- #176 Chapter 176
- #177 177- Mary- My honey brown
- #178 178- Mary- Into her black
- #179 179- Mary- And some unseen power
- #180 180- Mary- Compelled us
- #181 181- Mary- To keep looking
- #182 182- Mary- Neither of us could look away
- #183 183- Mary- Even if we wanted to
- #184 184- Mary- We just stared
- #185 185- Anne- And stared
- #186 Chapter 186
- #187 187- Anne- The other to memory
- #188 188- Mary- And then it was over
- #189 189- Mary- With a single flash of bright
- #190 190- Mary- Coldly hard in the May sun
- #191 191- Mary- The sword found its target
- #192 192- Mary- And Anne's head
- #193 193- Mary- Her quicksilver
- #194 194- Mary- Beautiful
- #195 195- Mary- Ebony head
- #196 196- Mary- Parted company
- #197 197- Mary- From her neck
- #198 198- Mary- In a violent gush
- #199 199- Mary- Of scarlet blood
- #200 200- Mary- Anne's decapitated body