 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
 | Calendar - 1893 - 414 pages
...heaven, and heaven is love. From The Lay of the Last Minstrel. CALL it not vain : — they do not erf, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...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... | |
 | Estelle Davenport Adams - 1894 - 432 pages
...earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! WORDSWORTH : Personal Talh, iv. 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 lill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1894 - 902 pages
...unknown future, what wonder if those solemn lines of a brother bard should have crossed his mind : 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... | |
 | 1894 - 360 pages
...dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted. THE POET. From "The Lay of the Last Minstrel." SCOTT. 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... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 358 pages
...but he studies in the fields." No wonder then that Nature has been said to return the poet's love. " Call it not vain ; — they do not err Who say that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies."' Swinburne says of Blake, and I feel entirely with him, though in my case the application would have... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 pages
...short-lived bla/e. Smiled then, well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his olisequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan; That mountains... | |
 | Alexander Francis Chamberlain - 1895 - 482 pages
...themselves," but are become " a portion of that around them." In the beautiful words of Scott : — " 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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair I THE MEMORY OF THE BARD. 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... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep. k. POPE— The Dunciad. Bk. IL 93. II. I. SCOTT — The Lay of the Lout Minstrel. Canto V. St. 1. Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...; Chaste moral writing we may learn from henc1, Neglect of which no wit can recompense. ROSCOMMON. Call it not vain ; — they do not err Who say that,...mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies. SIR W. SCOTT: Lay of the Last Mimtrel. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven... | |
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