 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 - 319 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 sider
...weep in crystal rill ; , That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, 1 And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; | And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 398 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, when the poet dies, Mtitc nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tall cliff, and cavern... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 sider
...Poet's ear : A simple race ! they waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile. Canto iv. Stan2a 35. Call it not vain ; — they do not err, Who say, that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. Canto v. Stan2a i. True love 's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1870 - 180 sider
...monosyllables in the translation are an attempt to preserve the same effect. t Compare Scott :— " Call it not vain : they do not err : Who say that...and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan." . . . J The position of mater shows that it is meant to be emphatic. The cattle then, or touch'da blade... | |
 | Virgil - 1870 - 172 sider
...monosyllables in the translation are an attempt to preserve the same effect. t Compare Scott :— " Call it not vain : they do not err: Who say that when...and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan." . . . ex, * ECLOGUE V. 57 The cattle then, or touch'da blade of grass. Then, Daphnis, each wild hill,... | |
 | Virgil - 1870 - 166 sider
...monosyllables in the translation are an attempt to preserve the same effect. f Compare Scott : — " Gall it not vain : they do not err : Who say that when...and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan." . . . ECLOGUE Y. The cattle then, or touch'da blade of grass. Then, Daphnis, each wild hill, each forest... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro, Virgil - 1870 - 70 sider
...weed. Let us, then, raise his tomb and write his epitaph." 1 Compare Scott : — " Call it not rain : they do not err Who say that when the poet dies Mute...and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan." .... - Pales was the tutelary deity of the shepherds and cattle. memory, and raise a tomb, and write... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 sider
...And strives to trim the short-lived blaze. 68 SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS. ("CANTO ! CANTO V. 1 CALL ic not vain : — they do not err, Who say that, when the Poet dies Mnte Nature monrns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tall cliff and cavern lone... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 540 sider
...fame." In his own halfprophetic lines, the material world seemed with his spirit to be saying : — " Call it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...celebrates his obsequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern ]• For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1871 - 520 sider
...above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love." The fifth canto opens with the touching lines : — " Call it not vain : they do not err, Who say, that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies," &c. And the commencement of the last canto, oft quoted though it be, is worthy of the highest praise.... | |
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