 CALL it not vain ˇ—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 5171837Full view - About this book
 | 1834 - 922 pages
...world's love. * The Poetical Works of ST Coleridge. 0 vol«. London ; William 1'ickcrioj;, IB34. " 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 324 pages
...the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. THE LAY 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 ;... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 pages
...Helvellyn 248 THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain: — they do not err, Who say, that,...say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...thee so that none could love thee best. FOURTH CANTO OF CII1LDE HAROIJ). CONCLUSION. Walter Scott. CALL it not vain:— they do not err, Who say, that...her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who nay, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 pages
...continued ran. 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,...say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through... | |
 | Henry Neele - 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...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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Holmes - 1832 - 300 pages
...gathered together all mute nature's sympathies to bewail him. I remembered Sir W. Scott's lines, " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say, that when...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies." I need not write down that passage—who does not know it, and delight in it ? But that singular stone,... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1832 - 312 pages
...foundations to the centre nod, And Nature tremble to the throne of God. "f So likewise Sir Walter Scott : " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say that, when the poet dies, Mute Nature is his worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies." Hence is derived the phrase natural philosophy, as... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pages
...short-lived blaze. Smiled then, well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say. tall clifTand cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan : That mountains weep in crystal rills That flowers... | |
 | 1834 - 898 pages
..."•' ! ... i1 i P , ....> linn.. ..... V.-.I. « The Poetical Works »f ST Coleridge. 3 Vol». *' 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... | |
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