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'IN MY DREAMS I SEE A CASTLE'

In my dreams I see a castle standing by the Northern seas,
Where the long Atlantic rollers lash the rugged Orcades,
And a stately lady walking up and down beneath the trees.


Why does the lady wander there, in robes of white array'd?
Why does she carry in her hand a sharp and shining blade,
While her features work with agony, her eyes with fear dismay'd?


She slowly passes through the grove of wind-swept melody,
Till she stands beside the ocean, and then, full suddenly,
She cuts her heart from out her breast, and casts it in the sea.