poem

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It depicts the Queen as a fictional character from a 16th Century poem leading a lion.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

But the shape of time is different for a musician, he said, and he once wrote a poem that captured the essence of his wife’s ageless grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

He endured the same ritual last year, and came to Washington with a clear understanding of the task: Whatever you say, say nothing, as Seamus Heaney put it in a famous 1975 poem.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Another beneficiary, 19-year-old Mariama Gallow, from Manchester, read her own poem to the King.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The fact that Mr. Longfellow’s poem was about a shipwreck also made Penelope think of the cannibal book.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood