Classic Poem

THE PRINCES AT THE GATE

Prince, you are late!
The princess watches for you at the gate:
Looks down the long dull road with eager eyes
And whispers softly, " Love, I wait ... I wait. "

Prince, is it wise
To be so long in coming? for youth flies,
And other men pass lightly on their way
And see a pretty princess there who sighs,

And one might say,
" I am the prince you watch for every day,
" Pale princess looking out with eyes like stars,
" I love you, little princess, let me stay. "

Behind her bars
The little princess grown too sad to play,
Sits passionately whispering " I wait,
" Oh, Lover, you are late. "