 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' ilute nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone,... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...Walter Scott, in his " Lay of the Last Minstrel," sung of the sorrow felt at a bard's decease ! — " Call it not vain — they do not err Who say that when a J'oet dies Mute nature mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies — Who say, tall cliff... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 382 pages
...continued ran. 1 THE 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... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 pages
...beautiful objects, a shade of sadness seemed to rest on them, as if they bewailed the departed Minstrel. " Call it not vain — they do not err Who say, that...say, tall cliff and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moau ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 288 pages
...the grove, And men below, and saints above : For love is heaven, and heaven is love. DEATH OF A POET. 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... | |
 | E. Harmon - 1846 - 122 pages
...yet to come, And hears thy stormy music in the drum. LESSON xx. LAMENT FOR THE BARD.— SCOTT. Gall it not vain ; — they do not err, Who say that when...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; G Who say tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal... | |
 | 1847 - 1230 pages
...join with him in his sorrow for the death of his friends, as if she felt a sympathy for his loss. " Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say that, when the poet dips, Mute nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies." With this same feeling which... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1848 - 52 pages
...profit." There are few, I suppose, who do not recollect the lines of Walter Scott, beginning thus : " Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say, that when...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies." This is said of the poet ; but the landscape painter is admitted, to a_doser familiarityj^h^jiaUjrejthaii... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...shortlived blaze. Smiled then, well pleased, the aged man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO V. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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