XXXIII.

Oh noblest maiden, though of low estate,

With every proud and generous impulse rife;

Born to demonstrate to the meanly great,

How vain the pageant of a worthless life!

Sprung from thy heart like wild-flowers all that wife

Could bring of purity to Kingliest throne,

With highest attributes to soothe the strife

Of human passion, for the fall atone,

And show our angel-part preserved in thee alone!