THREE CROWNS.
The Princess smiled on the knightfr youth, iov he was fair to see, ,» * And she said that of all her gallant train "• Was none so bravo us ho. „,, f> / •\ And tho love 1 that was lit by h> r faVrihg emile ; Has huvit to a Hory flame : • 4f But he knew that its tokens could onlyioad To bitter disgrace and shamo. l§ Yet who can-hido th« Wazo ot fii;e , ', * And not bo scorched Iheieby?And 80011 she road his secret drcud Jn the sadness of hi-* oye. '■ Now hasten awaj , my uoblo knight; Now hasten away.' she said, " And brint,' me Imck from the ocean caves A crown of tho coral j o<1." She bade him go that ho might, know How hopeless was his love, And Blie deemed he would find «notlier £air Wlieic his sundering feet niucht rqve. He has sought the cave* of tho ocean bloc, And gathered a goodly crown : Yet buck lie came to his lady's toot And there lie hud it down A sigh came forth with her answering smile Vet " hasion away,' said she, " And bring me buck a .sapphire crown KlOlll lands that are o or the sea." Ho has wnndcrcd far in a foreign land, Ami w .n linn agle'ainiii'.c c-iown, Vet buck lie cime to hU lady's feet And there he laid it down. An ] when she s w Unit lie could mr change, Th<: tc«i»'-(ood in hvvi.'}ti. Yet she know ir \v»s not, IoV her to wed Beneath her 1 imago high. " There is bu ino more crown " o he snid ••That I w.nld hnve t hoc gain, No carthl.\ < rown ib that. m> knight, 'Tis won by conquered pain. ' He knev the thougl.fa within her heart, As the tear-drop-, sow!' fell; Ho kibsod her hand— >A onh know Twas his ,oug and his. larcwell. Now round his knight b form has closed The cell so hare and pal. , An she iia.s tjikon the .soicitin vows And the < uns cns»hiouding veil. INIM.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 203, 14 May 1887, Page 2
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334THREE CROWNS. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 203, 14 May 1887, Page 2
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