 | England - 1850 - 806 pages
...bleakest mountain's head ;" would you believe it, that he introcluces Veer— fallow Deer ! TALBOYS. " Call it not vain, they do not err Who say that, when...Mute nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates hie obsequies ; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains... | |
 | Scotland - 1850 - 1000 pages
...bleakest mountain's head ;" would you believe it, that he introduces Deer— fallow Deer I TALBOYS. " Call it not vain, they do not err Who say that, when the Poet dies, Mute uature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...home retnrning, soothly swear, Was never seene so sad and fair 1 THK MEMORY OF THE BARD. — CANTO V. Call it not vain :— 'they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mnte Natnre monrns her worshipper, And eelebrates his obseqnies : Who say, tall eliff, and eavern lone,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest •on kissed and closed his eyes.' sed, Shall kiss the up to pass it to the rest. Yes ! let the rich de Jfute nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say t»ll cliff and cavern lone,... | |
 | Willard C. George - Europe - 1852 - 266 pages
...resting-place. While I stood by his grave, I took Marmion from my pocket and read his own words aloud : " Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when...loved groves, that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groans reply : And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. Not that in sooth... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...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,...worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies; Who say 5 tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill;... | |
 | Boston (Mass.), George Stillman Hillard - 1853 - 300 pages
...those beautiful lines of Scott — Call it not vain, they do not err, AVho say, that when the 1'oet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates...distil ; Through his loved groves, that breezes sigh, Anil oaks, in deeper groan, reply; And Ocean tells its rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave.... | |
 | Boston (Mass.), George Stillman Hillard - 1853 - 300 pages
...apply to the orator and lover of nature, as well as to the poet, those beautiful lines of Scott — Call it not vain, they do not err, Who say, that when...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies; AVho say tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 pages
...fair, The best-beloved Night ! EXEKCIBE VIII. ' Lay of the Last Minstrel." Canto v. Opening lines. Call it not vain ! — They do not err, Who say that,...distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, 98 O! holy eye of Night, from thee having-learnt, how much Each other man has-borne before me, I dare... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 pages
...hut Stands on a coronet, or star, or mitre, The glorious corner-stones. BKDDOIS. Call it not rain : they do not err Who say that when the Poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And cclebrates his obsequies : Who say, tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; The... | |
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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... 
