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... queen Thames with ships and Swans is crowned . You now have no Swans , Thames , in the old poetic sense , any longer . Perhaps , old river , it is as well , for the name remains sacred to the mighty singers of the past ; and perhaps why ...
... queen Thames with ships and Swans is crowned . You now have no Swans , Thames , in the old poetic sense , any longer . Perhaps , old river , it is as well , for the name remains sacred to the mighty singers of the past ; and perhaps why ...
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... queen , at his side ; her pale locks glittering ; her ivory shoulders decked with pearls from Indian seas . Triton blow- ing his trumpet went before . ( In Elizabethan days not only a Pagan in a creed outworn could see old Triton ...
... queen , at his side ; her pale locks glittering ; her ivory shoulders decked with pearls from Indian seas . Triton blow- ing his trumpet went before . ( In Elizabethan days not only a Pagan in a creed outworn could see old Triton ...
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... Queen came in a litter of white cloth of gold , not covered nor veiled ; it was carried by two palfries clad down to the ground , head and all , in white damask , and led by her foot- The Queen had on a surcoat of white cloth of tissue ...
... Queen came in a litter of white cloth of gold , not covered nor veiled ; it was carried by two palfries clad down to the ground , head and all , in white damask , and led by her foot- The Queen had on a surcoat of white cloth of tissue ...
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... Queen rode her chancellor , bare - headed , clad in crimson velvet ; after her rode her chamberlain , her master of ... Queen's Majesty , rigged like a ship of war with ordnance , standard , and pennons . Before the Lord Mayor went the ...
... Queen rode her chancellor , bare - headed , clad in crimson velvet ; after her rode her chamberlain , her master of ... Queen's Majesty , rigged like a ship of war with ordnance , standard , and pennons . Before the Lord Mayor went the ...
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... queens of later days patronised the water pageants and processions , witnessing them from the leads of Whitehall . In 1615 Metropolis Coronata , " The Triumphs of Ancient Drapery or Rich Clothing of England , " was presented . Two ...
... queens of later days patronised the water pageants and processions , witnessing them from the leads of Whitehall . In 1615 Metropolis Coronata , " The Triumphs of Ancient Drapery or Rich Clothing of England , " was presented . Two ...
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