“HAST thou seen that lordly castle, | |
| That Castle by the Sea? | |
| Golden and red above it | |
| The clouds float gorgeously. | |
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| “And fain it would stoop downward | 5 |
| To the mirrored wave below; | |
| And fain it would soar upward | |
| In the evening’s crimson glow.” | |
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| “Well have I seen that castle, | |
| That Castle by the Sea, | 10 |
| And the moon above it standing, | |
| And the mist rise solemnly.” | |
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| “The winds and the waves of ocean, | |
| Had they a merry chime? | |
| Didst thou hear, from those lofty chambers | 15 |
| The harp and the minstrel’s rhyme?” | |
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| “The winds and the waves of ocean, | |
| They rested quietly, | |
| But I heard on the gale a sound of wail, | |
| And tears came to mine eye.” | 20 |
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| “And sawest thou on the turrets | |
| The King and his royal bride? | |
| And the wave of their crimson mantles? | |
| And the golden crown of pride? | |
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| “Led they not forth, in rapture, | 25 |
| A beauteous maiden there? | |
| Resplendent as the morning sun, | |
| Beaming with golden hair?” | |
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| “Well saw I the ancient parents, | |
| Without the crown of pride; | 30 |
| They were moving slow, in weeds of woe, | |
| No maiden was by their side!” | |
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