Ask Me No More
Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea; / The cloud may stoop from heaven and take the shape,
THE splendour 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,
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.
Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea; / The cloud may stoop from heaven and take the shape,
Come not, when I am dead, / To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea, / ; ; Thy tribute wave deliver:
Sunset and evening star, / ; And one clear call for me!