She bore aloft her symbol of command.

“The Flower and the Leaf”

—In the midst was seen A lady of a more majestic mien, By stature and by beauty mark’d their sovereign Queen.

And as in beauty she surpass’d the choir, So nobler than the rest was her attire; A crown of ruddy gold enclosed her brow, Plain without pomp, and rich without a show; A branch of Agnus Castus in her hand, She bore aloft her symbol of command.