 | 1857 - 588 pages
...stamp with the " Midsummer Night's Dream " ? Or take the opening stanza of the fifth canto : — " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say that when...That mountains weep in crystal rill; That flowers in leaves of balm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Ridgefield (Conn. : Town) - 1857 - 680 pages
...mountain and the lake, the stream and the glen— which his genius had consecrated—should also weep. " Call it not vain; they do not err Who say, that when the poet dies, Mate nature mourns her worshiper, And celebrates his obsequies; Who say, tall cliff and cavern lone,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 pages
...from their highest meaning when we apply them to the place consecrated by the thought of Washington : Call it not vain ! They do not err Who say that when the Hero dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper And celebrate)! his obsequles ; Who say that hill and forest... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...who, if clearly known to the whole world, would have been held worthy of the whole world's love. " 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...who, if clearly known to the whole world, would have been held worthy of the whole world's love. " 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...who, if clearly known to the whole world, would have been held worthy of the whole world's love. " 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... | |
 | William Henry Starr - Chicago (Ill.) - 1857 - 308 pages
...brightness of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars, for ever and ever." Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when a teacher dies, Religion mourns her worshiper, And celebrates his obsequies. "We entertained an angel... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pages
...well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thua his tale continued ran. of tl)c £ast fttinstrcl. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates lus obsequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 pages
...appropriate epitaph for our honoured bard than in the glowing words of our own Sir Walter Scott — " Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when...mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies." During the delivery of his speech, the learned Sheriff was frequently and rapturously applauded. At... | |
 | T P Grinsted - Great Britain - 1859 - 342 pages
...have his shrine, in the midst of objects which invoked his minstrelsy, and which remember his loss : " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say that, when...Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates bis obsequies ; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains... | |
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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... 
