And gold, that vanity in vain beguiles,

And live in gaze, and take their praise for due,

To be the fairest maidens then to view

Within the shores of Greece and all her isles.

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But of that youngest one, the third princess,

There is no likeness; since she was as far

From pictured beauty as is ugliness,

Though on the side where heavenly wonders are,

Ideals out of being and above,