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Count Herman had two daughters fair, And very fair were they; The one was like a summer night, One like a summer day.

Though three or four brief years were all They measured to each other, Yet Elinore had always been To Minna, like a mother.

A pale and thoughtful girl was she, And with a statue's grace Upon the tall and perfect form, And on the pensive face.

But Minna was a fairy thing, With sunshine in her eyes; And such a blush as the red rose To welcome June supplies.

The song with which she woke the morn, At night was scarcely done; Her spirits, to her sister, were Like walking in the sun.

Of late the blush had been less bright, The eyes of deeper blue; As if the just awakening heart Its own soft shadow threw.