 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...Smiled then, well pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. I. CALL it Bot Tain: — they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies,...his obsequies; Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, Per the departed bard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal rill; That Sowers in tears of balm... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 pages
...To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. NATURE MOURNING FOR POETS. Call it not vain — they do not err Who say, that...in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves the breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1839 - 556 pages
...and beloved land, mourned the loss of their minstrels faithful song. In his own touching strains, " Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say, that...the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in chrystal rill, That flowers in tears of balm distil, Through his lov'd groves that breezes sigh, And... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1839 - 264 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...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,... | |
 | English life - 1840 - 372 pages
...passage in the lay of the Last Minstrel, which he had thus noticed with a pencil in reading it to her. " Call it not vain, they do not err Who say, that when...mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies." &e. And then Mr. Rollestone's pencilled lines ; " And knows not he, to whom belong The deepest mysteries... | |
 | H. M. Melford - English language - 1841 - 466 pages
...— he fell mute, without even a groan , at the very base of the sacred chapel. (Bulwer'i Pompeii.) Call it not vain — they do not err, Who say, that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. (if. Scott's Lay.) Long mn/ r he stood , and leaning on his staff, His wonder witness'd with an idiot... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1841 - 474 pages
...name of HILLHOUSE will not be forgotten. May we not apply the beautiful words of a brother bard ? " Call it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that, when a Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies; Who say, tall cliff,... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1842 - 440 pages
...Mississippi at the settlement of the United States. W. JoRjtsoy. Original. THE POET'S DEATH.* " 'Tie not vain— they do not err Who say that when the poet dira Muie nature mourns her worshiper, And celebrates his obsequies.'' UV-O» a stranger's couch His... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' 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. Lan o/Uu lait... | |
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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... 
