The Lonely Princess - I

It’s all empty and calm now !...
All empty and calm !...
No evening-balls, no royal feasts ,
No horse-rides, no hunting of beasts ;
No dance hall, full of crowd , 
Echoing music and drum !

My castle is so empty now !  
My castle is forlorn !
My riches are all gone , 
God...and My gowns are all torn !!
The cobwebs, and the spiders , 
The owls and the rats ,
Adorn now my royal glory , 
Along with the bats !..

They call my castle haunted now,
With the shadows from the past !
It is sinking into the river slowly , 
And I know , it's not long to last .
Yet I dance in the full-moon-nights , 
Me, the princess alone !

But, if you may never see me dear ,

Since , I am past , and...I am long-gone .