Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
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So they carter on along the lanes.

So they carter on along the lanes.
and come out at last on the high
ground overlooking London, and as
they SIT there chatting and gazing off
upon the country, they make a picture
worth looking at. El.zabeth-who be-
lisves that her ladies, nobly born and
beautiful as most of them are, are
eellpsed by her, arc insi .nifcant as SO
many unnamed stars, palei by the
splendors Of the moon is the front
and head of the group, stately, erect,
never forgetting for one instant that
she IS sovereign. High hrcwed, sharp
eyed, beaked like an eagle, with aa
oval face, thin lips, genial look when
all goes we'll, peev,sh and angered one
1t she Is crossed.
She is in sylvan dress Of sky blue,
set off with silver trimming and glitter
ing with hundreds Of those little orna-
ments called aglets, which her tiring-
woman We're always changing from one
robe to another, e1 replacing where
they mad fallen Off or been cut away
by some of her ainil1n: subjects for
melnentoes, Arotnd her Ieok the
Customary ruff, made stiff with the
yellow starch then in fashion, and in
her hair aud ears, and on her bosom,
and around her waist and arms, Jewels
Of great value. Perfumed gloves
':jeasamy' gloves, velvet-lined, gold
broidered, protect her hands-the
hands she Is so vain and careful Of, but
which are not too fine to slap a gentle
man in the face, Or box ladys ears.
More than one of her lords has felt his
cheek tingle under blow from the roy
al palm.
Imagine this company, gentlemen.
most Of them accomplished horsemen.
the best riders Of their time. furnished
with spirited steeds, themselves in splen-
did attire-velvet riding suits slashed
with gold, and hats with long, droop-
ing plumes handsome, gallant, court
ly-Elizabeth had no others about her
willingly, save the few trusty, honest
old friends who had served her father,
and who were too useful to her to be
cast aside.
Sac was notorious for her admiration
of beauty. She couii not tolerate de-
torlnlty and ug!ness. 1t was her de-
light to be surrounded 10y such men as
should add by their persona. attract
iveness to her state.
She made man her favorite for his
good looks or accomplishments. He
came into her favor, and he was likely
to 80 out as SO many of them did, but
this guided her choice. She took Lord
Hatton, because he "as fine dancer.
There was q future ricAancellor lii
the dancer; but, as one historian re-
marks, with all her sagscity, she could
not see far enough to sec that. Ka-
leigh won her regard by spreading his
costly cloak in the mud for her step on.
My Lord Mountjoy, a young student
OF twenty, brown-hairei, sweet faced,
graceful, elegant. coming to see what
the court was like, was "spied out by
her quick eyes, and taken up by her.
My Lord Leicester was famous for his
beauty and his splendid horsemanship.
and poor Essex, fortune playtiing,
Was handsome, brave, and fascinating.
SO the list might go on, soldiers, states
men, courtiers, who Came at the beck
anl went at the bidding of this fckle
queen, who tried all her life to forget
that she was a woman in the glory of
being soverei IN, but lived iiseoatent-
ed AMI died unhappy because with all
her strivinss she did not succeed
b. Uarrls, IN Heorh and Home.