 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 5171837Full view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 pages
...her tried . London. Ch-nl*-; Tilt J-leit Street , 1W5 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... | |
 | 1835 - 494 pages
...Maxwell, CB :> Principally from " The United Service Journal." No. XXVII. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, Esg. " Call it not vain ! they do not err Who say that when a poet dies Mute nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies." " No man was ever more... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...necessary a part of wisdom to know what to believe, as what to reject. MRS. MONTAGU. CALL it not rain :—they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. WALTER SCOTT. TRUE Dignity is his whose tranquil mind Virtue has rais'd above the things below ; Who,... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 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...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... | |
 | 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...Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in chrystal rill, That flowers in tears of balm distil, Through... | |
 | Henry Neele - 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,... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...beside him laid ! Enough — he died the death of fame ; Enough— he died with conquering Graeme. Call it not vain : they do not err Who say, that when...Who 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... | |
 | Irishman - 1840 - 238 pages
...left no echo on the shore, we cannot take to ourselves the beautiful creed of the lust minstrel:— " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say, that when...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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