From: The Dial, Vol. III, No. I (July 1842)
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Published: E. P. Peabody 1842 Boston
THE CASTLE BY THE SEA. “SAW’ST thou a castle fair? And fain it would descend Yon castle I have viewed, “The wind and the heaving sea, The winds and the waters all “Saw’st thou the King and his spouse? Led they their cherished one, Well saw I the royal pair;
Yon castle by the sea?
Golden and rosy, there,
The clouds float gorgeously.
Into the wave below:
And fain it would soar and blend
With the evening’s crimson glow.”
Yon castle by the sea:
The moon above it stood,
And the mists hung heavily.
Sounded they fresh and strong?
From the hall came notes of glee
Harping and festive song?”
Rested in slumber deep,
And I heard from the moaning hall
Music that made me weep.
Walked they there side by side?
The diadem on their brows,
And their mantles waving wide.
With joy,—a maiden fair?
Resplendent u the Sun,
In the light of her golden hair.”
But without the crown, I wot:
Dark mourning weeds they ware:
The maiden saw I not.
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