Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN CASTLE LAND, by LOUIS JONES MAGEE


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IN CASTLE LAND, by                    
First Line: Within yon ivied tower on the hill
Last Line: She waited for him here beside the rhine.
Subject(s): Rhine (river), Europe


WITHIN yon ivied tower on the hill
A lady lived, long centuries ago,
Loved by a knight whose castle wall stands still,
A grey old ruin, in the vale below.

I'd envy him his old romantic ways, --
Those tilts and tournaments before her eyes
Whose sweet, hard-won approval, gracious praise,
Was best of all he strove for, -- but he lies

(So runs the sad old tale) 'neath Syria's sand.
He did the knightly duty of his time
With Barbarossa in the Holy Land;
She waited for him here beside the Rhine.





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