A swallow, delayed on its flight to Egypt, rests at the feet of the prince’s statue.
The statue of the Happy Prince, traditionally described as covered in gold leaf with sapphire eyes and a ruby hilt. The Happy Prince
The prince convinces the swallow to distribute his ruby to a seamstress, his sapphire eyes to a playwright and a match girl, and his gold leaves to the poor. A swallow, delayed on its flight to Egypt,