"And/Then I'm the Queen of England"

[Page Stephens]

Does this help?

Page Stephens

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.

    Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"


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