Ghosts in the Tower
Now, today’s poem has been significantly revised since it first appeared on the blog several years ago.
Among ghosts at the Tower is said to be Anne Boleyn, beheaded in 1536 for treason against Henry VIII; her ghost supposedly haunts the Church of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower, where she is buried, and has been said to walk around the White Tower carrying her head under her arm. Other reported ghosts include Henry VI, Lady Jane Grey, and the Princes in the Tower. In January 1816, a sentry on guard outside the Jewel House claimed to have witnessed an apparition of a bear advancing towards him, and reportedly died of fright a few days later. There have been various nameless and formless apparitions reported more recently, by night staff at the Tower.
Though tempted, we do not cower
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