Carolyn

Music: Pavana & Galiardo: The Earle of Salisbury.
By William Byrd. Sequenced by John Sankey.

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Carolyn is noble in her heart.
A thousand years ago she'd be a queen:
Royal in her social grace and art,
Outside unblemished, inside all serene.
Lovers line the streets of her domain,
Yet though they wait to glimpse her chaste affection,
No one but one shall that sweet gift retain.