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[“I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow”—]

“I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow”—
Yea, scarlet woman, today: but not yea at all tomorrow.
Scarlet queen on a scarlet throne all today without sorrow,
Bethink thee: today must end; there is no end of tomorrow.