In seventeen sixty nine a child was born in Corsica, Genoa's former vassal state. Prior to his birth, his land had been war-torn, Paoli's resistance did his birth predate. At school, his geometrical ...

Your life's twilight on a September evening came. And ferried you were by crimson cherubs; conveyed in splendour on a celestial cruise, to gates pleasant for a permanent reign. Your reign on the thron...

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Even when in a famished state I hunt, In pastures green and lush with abundance, He renews my spry and exuberance. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want...

To what shall I liken thee? An angel in realms above, a mermaid in Oceans beneath, a costly stone in the fiercest contention sought for, or even a costly diamond in the earth's elusive epicentre burie...

Give me a smile, that I may build on your assurance, Kiss me, that I may have to thy kind heart entrance, Love me less, and see how tumultuous life could be, Give thy command, and see my loyalty to th...

The beautiful bride for the world prepared, by Europe's colonial powers divided. Her priceless worth was seen and hardly spared; hence the need to woo her was decided. Two great superpowers made their...

Elizabeth; Of immensely esteemed birth. Highly respected in life, but more respected in death. Having a crown that ceased to decay for many decades long. A queen of kings, but still a wife, custodian ...

My Lord Jesus Christ is king, Of him only I will sing. He loves me dearly I know, And to him only I'll go. My Lord Jesus Christ is Lord, He nourishes me with his word, He saved my doomed soul from de...

Christ in a manger was laid, regally known but lowly. His royal identity was to three wise men revealed, but from his kinsmen concealed. Christ was in Bethlehem born; his royal ancestor's city. A kin...

At Austerlitz I two nations vanquished; making me historically distinguished. At Marengo I had Austria subdued; then I was to honour undoubtedly glued. At the Pyramids, Mamluks kissed the sands; then ...