 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 5671837Full view - About this book
 | 1894 - 576 pages
...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...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave.' He explains this by saying that the voices we attribute to Nature are the voices of departed spirits,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...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...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1805 - 344 pages
...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...crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; I. Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers teach... | |
 | 1805 - 752 pages
...¡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 pages
...worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies; Who 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 his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply. And rivers... | |
 | Walter Scott - Fore-edge painting - 1806 - 342 pages
...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 crystall rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Love poetry, Scottish - 1807 - 382 pages
...not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks,...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tali cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; Tli ;it flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...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...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...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...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
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