Most happy letters, fram'd by skilful trade, <br />With which that happy name was first design'd: <br />The which three times thrice happy hath me made, <br />With gifts of body, fortune, and of mind. <br />The first my being to me gave by kind, <br />From mother's womb deriv'd by due descent, <br />The second is my sovereign Queen most kind, <br />That honour and large richesse to me lent. <br />The third my love, my life's last ornament, <br />By whom my spirit out of dust was raised: <br />To speak her praise and glory excellent, <br />Of all alive most worthy to be praised. <br />Ye three Elizabeths for ever live, <br />That three such graces did unto me give.<br /><br />Edmund Spenser<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/amoretti-lxxiv-most-happy-letters/
