 | The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |  |
THE FOUR PRINCESSES AT WILNA.
A PHOTOGRAPH.
Sweet faces, that from pictured casements leanAs from a castle window, looking down
On some gay pageant passing through a town,
Yourselves the fairest figures in the scene;
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Unconsciousness ye wear the triple crown
Of youth and beauty and the fair renown
Of a great name, that ne'er hath tarnished been!
From your soft eyes, so innocent and sweet,
Four spirits, sweet and innocent as they,
Gaze on the world below, the sky above;
Hark! there is some one singing in the street;
“Faith, Hope, and Love! these three,” he seems to say;
“These three; and greatest of the three is Love.”
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