On lonely headlands at a magic cry, The vanished fortress of a mountain king Shadows the cliff, and battle trumpets ring A clear call to adventure, stern and high; Upon a starry quest armed knights ride by Where, fairer than the wizard fires of Spring, The angels of the Grail rise wing on wing In a wild dawn against the eastern sky. Then turrets sway; the ragged bastion fails, A wind-blown mist along the darkening air; The plumed host sleep on Snowdon's cloudy scar; And from a haunted tower the raven wails Of shining hope and deeds that were so fair Beneath the splendor of the Dragon Star. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUINES OF TIME by EDMUND SPENSER ON BURNING A DULL POEM; WRITTEN IN 1729 by JONATHAN SWIFT SONNET TO BRITAIN by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN SANDY STAR: 5. ONUS PROBANDI by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE NOT FOREVER by MAGDALENE BURMEISTER VISTAS OF LABOR: 4. FACTORY CHILDREN by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |