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History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Thomas Carlyle
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Je vous aimais, Princesse, et j'osais vous le dire!
Les dieux a mon reveil ne m'ont pas tout ote,
Je n'ai perdu que mon empire."

2. TO PRINCESSES ULRIQUE AND AMELIA.

"Si Paris venait sur la terre
Pour juger entre vos beaux yeux,
Il couperait la pomme en deux,
Et ne produirait pas de guerre."

3. TO PRINCESSES ULRIQUE, AMELIA AND WILHELMINA.

"Pardon, charmante Ulrique; pardon, belle Amelie;
J'ai cru n'aimer que vous la reste de ma vie,
Et ne servir que sous vos lois;
Mais enfin j'entends et je vois
Cette adorable Soeur dont l'Amour suit les traces:
Ah, ce n'est pas outrager les Trois Graces
Que de les aimer toutes trois!"

[1. "A grain of truth is often mingled with the stupidest delusion.
Yesternight, in the error of a dream, I had risen to the rank of
king; I loved you, Princess, and had the audacity to say so! The
gods, at my awakening, did not strip me wholly; my kingdom was all
they took from me."
2. If Paris [of Troy] came back to decide on the charms of you Two,
he would halve the Apple, and produce no War."
3. "Pardon, charming Ulrique; beautiful Amelia, pardon: I thought I
should love only you for the rest of my life, and serve under your
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