Ocupation: Poet
Life: August 5, 1809 - October 6, 1892
Birthday: August 5
Death: October 6
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.
source: 'The Princess' (1847) pt. 4, song (added 1850)
topic: Wall, Fall, Blow, Castle Walls, Snowy