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." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ROADS by PADRAIC COLUM ALEXANDER CRUMMELL - DEAD by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A DEAD STATESMAN by RUDYARD KIPLING CORINNA TO TANAGRA, FROM ATHENS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE STREET CHILDREN'S DANCE by MATHILDE BLIND THE AGE OF HERBERT & VAUGHAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN RAMESES WORSHIPS RAMESES AT ABU SIMBEL by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |