| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Songs from “The Princess.” III. Bugle Song |
| | | Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809–92) |
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| THE SPLENDOR falls on castle walls | |
| And snowy summits old in story: | |
| The long light shakes across the lakes, | |
| And the wild cataract leaps in glory. | |
| Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, | 5 |
| Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. | |
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| 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! | 10 |
| Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: | |
| Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. | |
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| O love, they die in yon rich sky, | |
| They faint on hill or field or river: | |
| Our echoes roll from soul to soul, | 15 |
| And grow for ever and for ever. | |
| Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying. | |
| And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying. | |
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