When I Was Fair and Young
Queen Elizabeth the First writes of being desired as a mistress for many people. She thinks this is not for her, and tells them to find someone else, until Venus' son speaks to her and tells to no longer say refuse. So she realizes she shouldn't say no any longer, and repents of ever saying it.
On Monsieur's Departure
Queen Elizabeth the First reveals her emotions and responses in response to 'Monsieur's Departure,' and how she has to be perceived in contrast. While grieving she cannot reveal if she is discontent.
She reveals contrasting emotions she must show versus the emotions she feels. She reveals that she almost turns into another self. Her care always follows her and when she attempts to follow it, it disappears. She can't rid monsieur from her breast until it became suppressed and a gentler passion is in her mind. She wishes to be content or to be allowed to die. so that she can forget what love ever meant.
Written on a Wall at Woodstock
Queen Elizabeth the First describes the maneuvering state and weight that her fortune has left on her mind. She addresses Fortune itself. It causes guilty people to be freed while the innocent still are kept. It causes the the guiltless to reserve themselves, whilst those that deserved death are made free.
