 CALL it not vain ¡—they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That...  The lay of the last minstrel, a poem - Էջ 141sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 էջ
...tale continued ran. of tl)c £ast fttinstrcl. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates lus obsequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 էջ
...bard than in the glowing words of our own Sir Walter Scott — " Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when the poet dies, Mute nature mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies." During the delivery of his speech, the learned Sheriff was frequently and rapturously applauded. At... | |
 | T P Grinsted - 1859 - 342 էջ
...objects which invoked his minstrelsy, and which remember his loss : " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say that, when the poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates bis obsequies ; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains... | |
 | Charles M. Bain - 1859 - 192 էջ
...THE GEAVE OF DM MOIR (DELTA), IN INVEEESK CHURCHYARD. Oh ! blame them not, they do not err Who aay that, when the poet dies. Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequiea. (IB W. SCOTT. LONELY and low, in silent dust, Beneath that sod of waving green, Delta, thou... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 էջ
...well-pleased, the Aged And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. CAM. it not vain: — they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And <#lebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moaa; That... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 էջ
...raagna, morality, and to delectation. Bacon. POET— Death of the. Call it not vain : they do not err, Who say that when the poet dies, Mute nature mourns...say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard may moan ; The mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his... | |
 | 1863 - 836 էջ
...sea-waves sound lullingly from below, and all around is peace. " Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say, that when the Poet dies Mute Nature mourns...loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groans, reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave." Nearly a mile... | |
 | 1863 - 886 էջ
...sea-waves sound lullingly from below, and all around is peace. " Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say, that when the Poet dies Mute Nature mourns...distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, Anil oaks, in deeper groans, reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1863 - 338 էջ
...while it welcom'd the moment of rest, Still heaved, as remembering ills that were o'er. — Moore. Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed...bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill j That flow'rs in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 էջ
...unyoke! BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER FS II. 3 O1 y6 THE POETS OBSEQUIES CALL it not vain: — they do not err, who say, that, when the poet dies, mute Nature mourns...their rushing wave to murmur dirges round his grave. SIR W. SCOTT 97 SONG |H, how hard it is to find the one just suited to our mind; and if that one should... | |
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