 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...  Poetical Works - Pagina 31door Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 970 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 pagina’s
...continued ran. 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,...That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pagina’s
...short-lived blaze. Smiled then, well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. I. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 pagina’s
...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,...That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave... | |
 | 1837 - 682 pagina’s
...the spot.' Do you recollect Scott's 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...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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1837 - 644 pagina’s
...the spot.' Do you recollect Scott's own lines in the fifth canto of the Lay of the Last Minstrel ? ' Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when...worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say tall clifTand cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill, That flowers... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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...That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves the breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave... | |
 | 1839 - 556 pagina’s
...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...the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in chrystal rill, That flowers in tears of balm distil, Through his lov'd groves that breezes sigh, And... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pagina’s
...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...That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave... | |
 | Irishman - 1840 - 238 pagina’s
...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...That flowers in tears of balm distil. Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply, And rivers teach their rushing wave... | |
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