Queen (chess)

"The Queen is quaint and quick conceit, Which makes her walk which way she list, And roots them up that lie in wait To work her treason, ere she wist; Her force is such against her foes That whom she meets she overthrows."

"She sits at the top of the high places above the city. She is restless and determined. She girds her loins with strength. Her feet stay not in her house. She moves in every direction and into every corner. Her evolutions are wonderful, her spirit untiring. How comely are her footsteps as she moves diagonally, one step after another, from square to square!"