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All my possessions for a moment of time. - Elizabeth I Attribution: Elizabeth I (1533–1603), British Queen of England. Alleged last words.

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Elizabeth I

eNotes:

• Documenting the Life of Elizabeth I (Elizabeth the Great)
• Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth the Great)
• Queen Elizabeth I (Sonnets)

Encyclopedia:

• Elizabeth I (The Oxford Companion to English Literature)

Literary Criticism:

• Mourning and Misogyny: Hamlet, The Revenger's Tragedy, and the Final Progress of Elizabeth I, 1600-1607 (Shakespearean Criticism)

Calendar of Literary Facts:

• Upon the death of Queen Mary (“Bloody Mary”), Elizabeth I ascends the throne of England
• An expedition sent out by Sir Walter Ralegh, led by Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlow, lands on Roanoke Island, North Carolina and claims the newly found land for England; Elizabeth I, England's “Virgin Queen,” names the land Virginia
• Upon the death of Elizabeth I, James VI of Scotland is crowned James I of England
• C. Day Lewis is appointed Poet Laureate of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II