Coldwaterjohn's photos with the keyword: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Blow Bugle Blow! Someone believes you need to star…

21 May 2013 142
The splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the world cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, cleared, 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 your 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. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, after a visit to Killarney...