Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! ° His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved... The Lord of the Isles: A Poem - Side 143af Walter Scott - 1815 - 447 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1815 - 572 sider
...— Scenes sung by him wlto sings no more ! Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay; His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains; * ' Tortured" shore is a catachresis of no trifling magnitude: but it would be vain to attempt a specification... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 sider
...him who sings no more ! His hright and hrief career is o'er, And mnte his tnnefnl strains ; Qnenched is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to ponr, A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN's cold remains ! XII. Ever the hreeze hlows merrily,... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1818 - 500 sider
...Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colousay ; — Set1 net sung by him who sings no mure ! His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ' Quench 'd is bis lampof varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour j A distant and a deadly... | |
| John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 906 sider
...brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That lov'd the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains !" NOTE [G.] PAGE Ixxii. That he was not unconscious of the peculiarities of his own character is evinced... | |
| John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 528 sider
...brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That lov'd the light of song to pour; ' A distant and a deadly shore Has Ley den's cold remains !" NOTE [G.] PAGE Ixxli. That he was not unconscious of the peculiarities of... | |
| 1819 - 614 sider
...indefatigable ambition pointed — then, alas! in one dark hour, to use the language of his illustrious friend, His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore That loved the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly... | |
| Richard Ryan - 1826 - 318 sider
...wrong, thou must me forgive, For the sword shall maintain me as long as I live." DR. JOHN LEYDEN. " His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour : — A distant and a deadly... | |
| Richard Ryan - 1826 - 318 sider
...wrong, thou must me forgive, For the sword shall maintain me as long as I live." DB. JOHN LEYDEN. " His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour : — A distant and a deadly... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 sider
...Marmion ; and in the LORD OF THE ISLES has paid the following affectionate tribute to his memory :— " His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench 'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour : A distant and a deadly... | |
| Walter Scott - 1850 - 358 sider
...Conievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! His brief and bright career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd...light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore XII. Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea. Lest, rounding wild Cantire,... | |
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