Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | II. Love’s Nature | | Three Loves | | Lucy Hamilton Jones Hooper (1835–1893) |
| | | THERE were three maidens who loved a king; | |
| They sat together beside the sea; | |
| One cried, “I love him, and I would die | |
| If but for one day he might love me!” | |
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| The second whispered, “And I would die | 5 |
| To gladden his life, or make him great.” | |
| The third one spoke not, but gazed afar | |
| With dreamy eyes that were sad as Fate. | |
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| The king he loved the first for a day, | |
| The second his life with fond love blest; | 10 |
| And yet the woman who never spoke | |
| Was the one of the three who loved him best. | | | | |
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