A BOOK OF SONNETS - The Four Princesses at Wilna

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The Four Princesses at Wilna

 

A PHOTOGRAPH

Sweet faces, that from pictured casements lean
As from a castle window, looking down
On some gay pageant passing through a town,
Yourselves the fairest figures in the scene;
With what a gentle grace, with what serene
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."

 

 

 

Content of A BOOK OF SONNETS: The Four Princesses at Wilna [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem collection: Birds of Passage]

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