Nelle Gwynne
Sweet heart, that no taint of the throne or the stage
Could touch with unclean transformation, or alter
To the likeness of courtiers whose consciences falter
At the smile or the frown, at the mirth or the rage,
Of a master whom chance could inflame or assuage,
Our Lady of Laughter, invoked in no psalter,
Praise be with thee yet from a hag-ridden age.
Our Lady of Pity thou wast: and to thee
All England, whose sons are the sons of the sea,
Give thanks, and will not hear if history snarls.
When the name of the friend of her sailors is spoken;
And thy lover she cannot but love - by the token
That thy name was the last on the lips of King Charles."