 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 - Side 125af Walter Scott - 1805 - 332 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1861 - 356 sider
...tongue, That He who died below, and reigns above, Inspires the song, and that his name is Love. COWPEE. Call it not vain; they do not err Who say, that when the poet dies, Mute nature mourna her worshiper, And celebrates his obsequies. SUOTT. Blessings be with them, and eternal praise,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 sider
...Poeoy serveth and conferretb to raagna, morality, and to delectation. Bacon. POET— Death of the. Call it not vain : they do not err, Who say that when...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... | |
 | John G. Smith - 1862 - 248 sider
...poetic imagination in the fine stanzas of Sir Walter Scott in the " Lay of the Last Minstrel " : — " Call it not vain— they do not err Who say that when the poet dies, Mnte Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies," &c. Shepherds with hearts so true,... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1863 - 338 sider
...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... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1865 - 670 sider
...opposite and more comfortable doctrine is set up — or was, when the last miustrel sang his lay : Call it not vain :• — they do not err Who say...mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of bafin distil ; Thro' his loved grove that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 sider
...Poet's ear : A simple race ! they waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile. Canto iv. Stanza 85. Call it not vain ; — they do not err, Who say, that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. Canto v. Stanza 1. True love 's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 sider
...short-lived blaze. Smiled, then, well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain :— they do not err, Who say, that...departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal nl ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in... | |
 | Abraham Rynier Van Nest - 1867 - 464 sider
...him, in death, the lines he so thrillingly applied in public to our great painter of Nature, Cooper: * Call it not vain: — they do not err, Who say, that...cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan reply; And rivers teach their... | |
 | Abraham Rynier Van Nest - 1867 - 482 sider
...in death, the lines he BO thrillingly applied in public to our great painter of Nature, Cooper : ' Call it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Natnre mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ! Who say, tall cliff and cavern lone For... | |
 | Abraham Rynier Van Nest - 1867 - 480 sider
...in death, the lines he so thrillingly applied in public to our great painter of Nature, Cooper : ' Call it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mate Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ! Who say, tall cliff and cavern lone... | |
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