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."