THE splendour falls on castle walls

And snowy summits old in story:

The long light shakes across the lakes

And the wild cataract1 leaps in glory.

Blow bugle2 blow set the wild echoes flying

Blow bugle; answer echoes dying dying dying.

O hark O hear! how thin and clear

And thinner clearer farther going!

O sweet and far from cliff and scar

The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!

Blow let us hear the purple glens replying:

Blow bugle; answer echoes dying dying dying.

O love they die in yon rich sky

They faint on hill or field or river:

Our echoes roll from soul to soul

And grow for ever and for ever.

Blow bugle blow set the wild echoes flying

And answer echoes answer dying dying dying.