Mary Queen of Scots,

Alone in her room,

In Fotheringay

Awaiting execution

Yes, death comes too soon.

Still she prays for absolution

Using the old rite - 

Catholic she remains -

She who was Queen of France

Speaks to herself in her mother's tongue

French

Robbed of a throne by Elizabeth:

Mary Stuart 

Ponders the ironies of love

The emnity of nations

The we...

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