 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 flowers...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel - Page 45by Walter Scott - 1812 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1809 - 358 pages
...LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain:—they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, 148 THE LAY OF CANTO T. Through his loved groyes that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply;... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that,...Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tali cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ;... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...ran. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain :—they do not err, Who say, that when...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...Man, And thus his tale continued ran. THE LAY masts? CANTO FIFTH. THE LAY or THE CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that,...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 pages
...opprest The land which loved thee so that none could love thee best. CONCLUSION. Walter Scott. CALL it not vain:— they do not err, Who say, that when...Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who nay, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ;... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 pages
...MINSTREL. VOL. II. CANTO FIFTH. LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. 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 his obsequies; Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan; That... | |
 | John Evans - 1821 - 332 pages
...haunt the scene where they have trodden. It is invested by the charms of departed celebrity : Call it not vain — they do not err, Who say that when the Poet dies, Mute nature mourns her worshipper, Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed BARD make moan, That mountains weep in crystal... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 402 pages
...continued ran. THE LAY THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. ICALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that,...Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celehrates his obsequies ; Who say, tall cliflj and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ;... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1829 - 360 pages
...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 Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies," — how shall we be able to estimate the grief which pervaded Spain and... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 582 pages
...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 Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies,"— how shall we be able to estimate the grief which pervaded Spain and England,... | |
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