Among The Flowers And The Tributes Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

(to HRH Queen Elizabeth II of blessed memory)

among the flowers and the tributes

that now you cannot gather

still we hope, from new realms now

and comforted somehow still

in looking back from that far distance

who of us on earth can gauge from here

you still may see as on a far distant stage

those who mourn your going hence in unutterable tears

such a bright emblem of a destiny

accepted

through regrets, and setbacks

losses innumerable and all the glad hours

all these things past

may you find strength at last in brighter towers

castles, all reunions won.

queen of love far more than power

now that your reign is done.

mary angela douglas 10 september 2022