| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | A Book of Sonnets | | The Four Princesses at Wilna |
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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 | 5 |
| 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, | 10 |
| 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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