 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...  The lay of the last minstrel, a poem - Page 141by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1894 - 576 pages
...than the example given from the ' Lady of the Lake.' ' Call it not vain ; — they do not err Who nay, that when the poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper,...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave.' He explains this by saying that the voices we attribute to Nature are the voices of departed spirits,... | |
 | 1805 - 752 pages
...that when ¡the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her wor ihipper, And celebrates his obfcquks. Who fay tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan That mountains weep in cryftal rill, & That flowers in tear of balm diftill ; Through his loved groves that breezes Cgh, And... | |
 | 1806 - 448 pages
...this delightful stanza: " Call it not vain—they do not err, Who say, that, when the poet dies, Mnte Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies;...say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed hard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of halm distil; Through... | |
 | 1850 - 938 pages
...you believe it, that he introduces Deer— fallow Deer! TALBOYS. " Call it not vain, they do not err Who say that, when the Poet dies, Mute nature mourns...lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains meet in crystal rill, That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...continued ran. THE LAY CANTO FIFTH. THE LAY or THE CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celehrates his ohsequies ; Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed hard make moan ;... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...best. FOURTH CANTO OF CII1LDE HAROIJ). CONCLUSION. Walter Scott. 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 nay, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal... | |
 | Henry Neele - 1830 - 582 pages
...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 Nature 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
...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 the Poet dies, Mute nature 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pages
...Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute nature mourns...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... | |
 | 1837 - 682 pages
...own lines in the fifth canto of the Lay of the Last Minstrel 2 'Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when the poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed hard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill, That flowers in tears of halm distil; Through... | |
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