 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 flowers...  Kottabos: College Miscellany - Page 561869Full view - About this book
 | 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 - Literary Criticism - 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,...in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves the breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1891 - 540 pages
...ne'er: A simple race! they waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile. POETS. —Ibid. —Ibid. Call it not vain; — they do not err Who say, that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. — Ibid, Canto v. LOVE. True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven:... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 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... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...to give their readers sleep. k. FoPE—The Dunciad. Bk. IL 93. Call it not vain : — they do 7iot . Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But...give them truth to build on. h, DANTE — Vision of 1. SCOTT — The Isi'i of the Last Minstrel. Canto V. St. 1. Never durst poet touch a pen to write... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! THE MEMORY OF THE BARD. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moaa ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil J Through his loved... | |
 | American literature - 1894 - 880 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...flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved grores that breezes sigh. And oaks in deeper groans reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave To... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - Asia - 1898 - 348 pages
...Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshiper And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say tall cliff...weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distill : • And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave " SCOTLAND SCOTT'S... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Theaters - 1898 - 108 pages
...introducing their effusions to the British public in 1898. R. GARNET?. ORIGINAL POETRY; VICTOR AND CAZIRE. CALL IT NOT VAIN : — THEY DO NOT ERR, WHO SAY, THAT,...THE POET DIES, MUTE NATURE MOURNS HER WORSHIPPER. Lay of the Last Minstrel. WORTHING PRINTED BY C. AND W. PHILLIPS, FOR THE AUTHORS ; AND SOLD BY JJ... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - Asia - 1898 - 344 pages
...death. Those who observed this, must have remembered Scott's own language, in the touching lines: " Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshiper And celebrates his obsequies; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed Bard make... | |
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