A poem by this writer which begins, “I grieve and dare not share my discontent” describes this writer's flagging love with the line “My care is like my shadow in the sun.” This writer translated the poem “Miroir de l’âme pécheresse” (”mi-WHA de lame pesh-RESS”) under the title “A Godly Meditation of the Soul.” A group of soldiers are told that their ruler will “live and die amongst you all” and be the “rewarder of every one of your virtues” in a work by this author. That (*) speech by this writer, which claims that “I know I have the body but of a weak, feeble, woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king,” was delivered to an army at Tilbury in 1588. For 10 points, name this poet and orator, the namesake of a literary age whose writers include Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. ■END■
ANSWER: Elizabeth I
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