<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365681" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Castle Walls</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">She ventured out from her castle walls<br> In hopes of meeting me, <br>I said: ‘we’ll flee to the furthest shores, <br>We’ll run to the far countree, <br>We’ll sit in bliss on a grassy slope<br>To see our love returned; ’<br>I looked again at the moat and saw<br>That all the boats were burned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘How shall I leave my castle walls<br>And all that keeps me free, <br>I fear the step that you wish to take<br>Could spell the end for me, <br>I wish to come, if I only dared, ’<br>She said in a sad reply, <br>The moat was still and the air was chill<br>And the moon was riding high.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I stood alone by the castle moat<br>As she turned to seek the warm; <br>‘The roads of life are a trap, ’ I cried, <br>‘But so is a thunderstorm, <br>So are the walls of a castle when<br>The mortar turns to dust, <br>So are the bolts on a castle gate<br>When the hinges start to rust.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘You weary me, I must be free, ’<br>The tower echoed, black, <br>‘As free as the castle walls allow, ’<br>I called in sadness back.<br>‘It’s not too late for the grassy slope<br>To see our love returned -’<br>I looked again at the moat and saw<br>That all the boats were burned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">12 July 1973</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365681" data-title="Castle Walls de David Lewis Paget" data-description="She ventured out from her castle walls In hopes of meeting me, I said: ‘we’ll flee to the furthest shores, We’ll run to the far countree, We’ll sit in bliss on a grassy slope To see our love returned; ’ I looked again at the moat and..."></div> </div> </div>

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