I have been told of far-off lakes, around

Whose shores the cypress and the willow wave,

And make a mournful shade above the stream.

Which, dark, and narrow on the surface, swells

Broad and unfathomably deep below;--

From these dark lakes at certain times, and most

On Sabbath morns and eves of festivals.

Uprising from the depths, is heard a sound

Most strange and wild, as of the tuneful bells

Of churches and of castles long since sunk;