THE TOWER OF LAHNECK.
A PARAPHRASE.
Perched on a rock, a river at its base,
Stands Castle Lahneck. 'Twas a robber's keep
In the old time. An outlawed baron lodged
His train of knights, and hostages grew gray,
And victims plead and died, where limp grass waves
Like signals from the windows, or grows rank
Around a horrible pit digged deep beneath
The one tall tower.
One fair May afternoon,
Stands Castle Lahneck. 'Twas a robber's keep
In the old time. An outlawed baron lodged
His train of knights, and hostages grew gray,
And victims plead and died, where limp grass waves
Like signals from the windows, or grows rank
Around a horrible pit digged deep beneath
The one tall tower.
One fair May afternoon,
