Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893.
TranslationsFrom the German. The Castle by the Sea
By Johann Ludwig Uhland
“H
That Castle by the Sea?
Golden and red above it
The clouds float gorgeously.
To the mirrored wave below;
And fain it would soar upward
In the evening’s crimson glow.”
That Castle by the Sea,
And the moon above it standing,
And the mist rise solemnly.”
Had they a merry chime?
Didst thou hear, from those lofty chambers
The harp and the minstrel’s rhyme?”
They rested quietly,
But I heard on the gale a sound of wail,
And tears came to mine eye.”
The King and his royal bride?
And the wave of their crimson mantles?
And the golden crown of pride?
A beauteous maiden there?
Resplendent as the morning sun,
Beaming with golden hair?”
Without the crown of pride;
They were moving slow, in weeds of woe,
No maiden was by their side!”