I'Ve Seen A Princess

I've read of princesses in fairy tales And I have sometimes dreamed of princesses But not until to-day have I beheld, Beheld or ever spoken to a princess. Yes, I have seen and spoken to a princess In body and in mind; in thought and gesture, Indeed, in every way a perfect princess.

Since I am not some mighty potentate In whom it would not seem as sheer presumption To lay his heart and domains at her feet, Would I at least could be a humble page Forever in attendance on his princess, To serve her and to worship her in silence, And be allowed as wages for his hire To breathe within the shadow of her charms.

But though my princess be reality, My hopes, my aspirations, my desires, Alas, are dreams, mere dreams, alas, mere dreams.