Queen And Sovereignty - Maddy Prior

Youth was an easy time

Strength stiffened every rod

Energy flowered and blessed our union

My hair caught in his armour as we lay

In stolen moments we have laughed together

Fought together, danced and drank together

I am his queen

He lives in me

His children grow in me

Wild like the hazel tree

I am the ground of his being

This gold torque around my neck

Glows in the gentle Spring light

Bound down in silken bonds

These wolfish Saxon bands

Trapped in a cage of his making

Our young British warriors

Grow sheltered by

His mighty shadow