Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — The Four Princesses at Wilna

Sweet faces, that from pictured casements lean        &nbsp As from a castle window, looking down        &nbsp On some gay pageant passing through a town,        &nbsp Yourselves the fairest figures in the scene; With what a gentle grace, with what serene        &nbsp Unconsciousness ye wear the triple crown        &nbsp Of youth and beauty and the fair renown        &nbsp Of a great name, that ne'er hath tarnished been! From your soft eyes, so innocent and sweet,        &nbsp Four spirits, sweet and innocent as they,        &nbsp Gaze on the world below, the sky above; Hark! there is some one singing in the street;        &nbsp "Faith, Hope, and Love! these three," he seems to say;        &nbsp "These three; and greatest of the three is Love."