Traitor's Fate

After reading his elegy ( Chideock Tichbourne 1563 - 1586)

i chanced upon a sombre elegy

for Babington a heavy price you paid

with eloquence your written words excel

though Elizabeth our Queen you did betray

at three and twenty birthdates you are done

your sun has set too early for your years

yet in your blood a wordsmith recognised

it was your poet soul that ushered tears

last thoughts conveyed with wisdom's tender touch

five centuries have fled your verse lives on

i do not know you for conspiracy

but love you for your dying sunset song

Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

There is no point in freedom of speech if there is no honesty in that speech. Come what may, you must be true to yourself. To do otherwise is to sell your soul to the devil. The fact that we have a media complicit with politicians and the government to the point of suppression is the ultimate betrayal of the American people and our Constitution. I think that poets are the last of the truth seekers and truth speakers. It has always been that way. We do not write for praise nor money nor fame. We write from the soul.

[Chris Shaw]

Many thank you’s Linda for stopping by to share your thoughts on this poem. Very much appreciated.

Chris

[1809 Black Plague Decem..]

oh wow, love the lament of Mary Tudor of Spain and Queen Elizabeth,
It is one of my favorite fascinations, great write! ----Maynard

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you so much Maynard. I appreciate your kind visit. Have a great day.

Chris

[1809 Black Plague December]

you are most welcome Chris.

[willweb]

Can you imagine if they had the internet back during this, how much bigger of a scandal it would have been. I think they would have canceled him right away. : ) Love your work Chris and though I made a little fun f this, it was very good.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you will. Tough times in those days. You didn’t’ get a second chance. This poem was inspired after reading Chideock Tichbourne’s own elegy written a couple of days before his execution. It moved me to tears. Well worth the read. I found it in a book called Poems that make grown men cry. I appreciate your response. All best wishes.

Chris

[willweb]

Then I guess I shouldn't have made light of it...I didn't know the whole background. Sorry about that.

[Chris Shaw]

Oh no need to worry. I was pleased to get your reply. Sorries not needed. No harm done :))

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Chris.. we have Traitors today in our Country. They have been possessed by the Devil himself. I understand your Poem; however, my words are for Elizabeth I and II. gently, Pat

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you dear Pat. We have been fortunate with both Elizabeth 1 and 11. We also have treachery in our politicians. More so today than ever before. Pleased you stopped by. All good wishes to you and yours.

Chris

[Patricia Wedel]

We were blessed with Queen Elizabeth”s Charm and tenderness. She did her Best and now she rests in Spirit as a Guardian Angel. Amen.. Pat

[Scott Kris]

Thank you for the artistic history lesson. I feel I’ve visited my high school literature teacher. Ha.

Thank you for sharing.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Scott for sitting in on class :)) Pleased you stopped by.

Chris
read moreThank you Scott for sitting in on class :)) Pleased you stopped by.

Chris

[Tom]

A fine, uplifting, poetic eulogy that praises an aspiring poet who sadly never had the opportunity to fulfill his true talent and budding potential, " After reading his elegy ( Chideock Tichbourne 1563 - 1586) " .. You have piqued my curiosity??

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Tom. He was executed for treason in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth 1st in the days where the Catholics and Protestants were at war. He supported the Catholic cause unlike the Queen. He paid for it with his life. His own elegy written days before his death I found extremely moving.

[Soren]

Long forgotten by most this beautiful poem reminds us that there is good in all. The inspiration for an opera, novels and other works of literature this piece of yours shines as a work of art in and of itself. Freedom of speech, with responsibility, is one of the greatest and most important freedoms. Unfortunately, even this succumbs to censure as some cites find it too risky to air poems that criticize or use certain terms that may offend a few.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Soren. I appreciate very much your thoughts here. So pleased you enjoyed these lines on a but of English history.

Chris

[JD Major]

Seeing the "good" in the "bad" is the gift of an open mind, Chris, and I applaud you, and for your gift with words too ...
...I googled Babington, and the Plot. English history has always intrigued me, Thanks,
JD

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks for checking the English history out. It is a fascinating subject albeit a bloody one as well. Pleased you enjoyed my tribute to this traitor of the state :)

Chris

[JD Major]

My Dad's a retired Anglican priest, which he never would have been without old Henry VIII :)

[Chris Shaw]

Now he was an absolute bar steward, that’s Henry I am talking about. Your Dad must have been one of the few to benefit from his reign. His wives certainly didn’t !!

[JD Major]

... love the English expressions, I googled bar steward, it's meaning rhymes with mustard, misspelled, eh?"
Yes, Henry lost his head over them, then they theirs over him ;(

[Gee]

Bar steward....b*****d :))

[JD Major]

Thanks Gee :)

[Gee]

My pleasure:)