In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted
Once a fair and stately palace —
Radiant palace — reared its head
In the monarch Thought's dominion —
It stood there!
Never seraph spread a pinion
Over fabric half so fair!
Banners yellow, glorious, golden
On its roof did float and flow
(This — all this — was in the olden
Time long ago,)
And every gentle air that dallied
The palace symbolizes a human head and the golden banners symbolize blonde hair flowing down the head. Poe uses assonance and alliteration in this line and the previous one.
The Haunted Palace