Classic Poem

" Hast thou beheld the castle
That looms the sea beside?
Clouds, fringed with gold and crimson,
Above it softly glide.

It seems as stooping downwards
The mirrored wave to greet;
It seems as soaring upwards
The evening clouds to meet. " —

" I saw the castle clearly,
It loomed above the bay;
The moon stood close above it,
Dull clouds far round it lay. " —

" The winds and washing waters —
Pealed out their voices strong?
And heardst thou from its chambers
The tones of mirth and song? " —

" Alike the winds and waters
In tranquil slumber slept;
I heard within its chambers
A funeral dirge, and wept. " —

" And couldst thou on the turrets
A king and queen behold?
Saw'st thou their waving mantles,
Their crowns of glistening gold?

And couldst thou not beside them
Perceive a maiden fair,
Resplendent as the sunlight,
Beaming with golden hair? " —

" I saw there both the parents
Without their crowns of pride;
They wore black robes of mourning,
No maid was by their side. "