In eandem Reginae Sueciae transmissam

Bellipotens Virgo, septem Regina Trionum.
   Christina, Arctoi lucida stella Poli;
Cernis quas merui dura sub Casside Rugas;
   Sicque Senex Armis impiger Ora fero;
Invia Factorum dum per Vestigia nitor,
   Exequor & Populi fortia Jussa Manu.
At tibi submittit frontem reverentior Umbra,
   Nec sunt hi Vultus Regibus usque truces.


   *In eandem, Cromwell's portrait  [AJ]

   The translation is by A. B. Grosart.


Source:
Marvell, Andrew.The Complete Poems.
George deF. Lord, Ed.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1984. 247.

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