The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-04
brothers Robert and Thomas, got the
credit of the following lines:
SO clad like a parasite.

Now Ia NV muse clad like parasite,
In party.eolord robes of black and whitei
Crievng and joying, too; both these togetnefi
But grieye4 Of lows the most, I wot not whether
ELIAS dead-this splits the heart IN IVAN
And James procaimed-that makes me VOL AGAIN
But the most dangerous rival for the
Queens favor or affection, and Wnom
Essex had to contend, was that manu-
some and dashing knight, experienced
admiral, brave soldier, and versatile and =
philosophical genius, Sir Walter Ra-
leigh.
! 10 Elizabeth's honor be it said that in
order to win her respect aud retain her
| favor, man should be something more
| than a carpet knight. Raleigh retained
| that favor longer than Essex, for the
simple reason that he was the greater
man. The latter took her fancy, the
| former excited her admiration though
| neither perhaps, was thoroughly true
man. But thoroughly true men were
scarce in those days.
| The rivalry between those two men
| for the Queens favor was really despe-
| rate. Elizabeth commits Essex, on ms
return from Ireland, to the custody 'of
the Lord Keeper Edgerton. Sir Walter
| Raleigh is delighted. Essex grows sick,
and, as the Queenlearns, is on the point
| of death; so she relents, and orders
| eight physicians toattend him; and SENDS
| DR.. james with "brothn and kind mes
sages, which have the effect of curing
| Essex, and of stretching Raleigh on
| sick bed. So she had to send broth anu
| kind messages to him also. The Earl
| of Essex intrigues and makes insured.
ton, is arrested, tried, condemned anu
| led out to execution. Sir waiter goes "
| the tower on purpose to see IL; ana, as
some say, puffs out smoke In derlsion,
as his rival and quondan friend moves
| forward to the scaffold. IfSir Waiter ha-
| leigh really did this--it is only right 10
| sav that he soundly denied the charge, De-
| fore he himself was led out to execution;
1 hut If we thought he had acted IN sucn
| a way by poor Essex, we doubt that we
should feel as much pain in reading OF
his fate, as we are in the habit OF doing.
) Raleigh, as we are aware, gave inc
2 Queen mortal offence by seducing one OF
] the maids of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, the
Q daughter ofSir Nicholas Throekmofton,
whom he afterwards married. Inc
l. Queen held almost every young unmar-
n ried lady in her dominions as her ward,
e and considered it her right to dispose OF
d them in marriage. She held this TO DO
n her natural and especiairight in the
Q of her maids of honor; We are not, tnere'
II fore. surprised to find her committing
# Sir Walter Raleigh to the Tower Tor MS
I double offence.
/ While he was there, the Queens barge
| passed beneath his window. He RACES
to get out and PROSTATE himself before
t her, and says that he suffers All the
e horrors of Tanta!us," that he VIII go
o through fire and water to see her." his
Ie keeper, Sir George Carew--another great
p fayorite of the Queen, to whom she
al writes: ''Dear Georgeo-hold him by
of the collar. Raleigh tears off the knights
g. new periwig, and threatens to dagger
re him. but after o desperate contest, al
OF lows himself to be carried back to hi
RI chamber. Here he writes to Sir Rober
k. .c'ocil letter which he knows the Queer
at Sr;,I ae; .'How can abide in prison
b, wh i che is far off? l., who was won
10 TO behold nv. riding like Alexandei
t, huntinelike DIAM. walking IKE y, venus u
!; the gentle wind bio viz snm mvn 81 y '''
q about her cheeks, like l.. % nothin
q This sort of acting--for il ". Once
J, else--Was simply absurd; and the 20
must have possessed a somewhat larh.
: share of the vanity which belongs to her
:, sex not to have checked it, nor to have
: felt some degree of indignation at its FREE
e quent repetition. bsu
II admirers succeeded in piercing her wo-
, mans heart. They may have had the
y vanity which characterizes portion OF
u the male sex, of supposing that their
noble persons, courtly manners, and inn
e FASHIONED words, had made the desired
t, impression but we believe they were
d mistaken. Elizabeth was vain of her
t, person: but her vanity was overtopped
x and overmastered by good sense and
y her feeling of self-respect, and by the
-a consciousness Of her high position and
: dignity as the ruler of great and pow
l, erflI Kingdom. The truth is, that we
are as much in the habit of exaggerat-
J. ing the faults and failings of kings and
l. queens, after their death, as we are of
8 over-estimating their virtues and good
: deeds while living.
a Edmund Spenser, very dear friend
. of Sir Walter Raleigh, to whom he may
be said to have dedicated the Fairie
Queen (if his long Introductory letter
! may be called dedicationl, conveys the
impression, in that remarkable work,
! that Elizabeth was really wounded by
Raleigh's spear or love shaft; that he
struck her full on her breast, y and
!. made her downe incline her head, and
. touch her crouper with her crown.