 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 - Seite 125von Walter Scott - 1805 - 332 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1805 - 752 Seiten
...that when ¡the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her wor ihipper, And celebrates his obfcquks. Who fay tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan That mountains weep in cryftal rill, & That flowers in tear of balm diftill ; Through his loved groves that breezes Cgh, And... | |
 | 1806 - 448 Seiten
...this delightful stanza: " Call it not vain—they do not err, Who say, that, when the poet dies, Mnte Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies;...say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed hard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of halm distil; Through... | |
 | 1850 - 938 Seiten
...bleakest mountain's head ;" would you believe it, that he introduces Deer— fallow Deer! TALBOYS. " Call it not vain, they do not err Who say that, when...lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains meet in crystal rill, That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes... | |
 | 1834 - 918 Seiten
...world's love. * The Poetical Works of ST Coleridge. 0 vol«. London ; William 1'ickcrioj;, IB34. " Call it not vain ! they do not err, Who say that when a poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ! " Mute nature mourns... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 Seiten
...then, well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. THE LAY CANTO FIFTH. THE LAY or THE CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not...Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celehrates his ohsequies ; Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed hard make moan ;... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 Seiten
...thee so that none could love thee best. FOURTH CANTO OF CII1LDE HAROIJ). CONCLUSION. Walter Scott. CALL it not vain:— they do not err, Who say, that...her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who nay, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal... | |
 | Henry Neele - 1830 - 582 Seiten
...stranger coincidence remains, for both died upon the same day. If it be indeed true then, that, — " they do not err Who say that when the Poet dies Mute...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies," — how shall we be able to estimate the grief which pervaded Spain and England, on the 12th of April,... | |
 | Elizabeth Holmes - 1832 - 300 Seiten
...gathered together all mute nature's sympathies to bewail him. I remembered Sir W. Scott's lines, " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say, that when...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies." I need not write down that passage—who does not know it, and delight in it ? But that singular stone,... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1832 - 312 Seiten
...foundations to the centre nod, And Nature tremble to the throne of God. "f So likewise Sir Walter Scott : " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say that, when the poet dies, Mute Nature is his worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies." Hence is derived the phrase natural philosophy, as... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 Seiten
...trim the short-lived blaze. Smiled then, well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not...worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say. tall clifTand cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan : That mountains weep in crystal rills That flowers... | |
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