 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 406 pàgines
...Lay of the Last Minstrel, and, as if by instinct, the first lines my eye fell upon were these : — " Call it not vain: they do not err Who say, that when the poet dies, Mute nature mouins her worshipper, And celebrates his ohsequies ; Who say, tall cliff and cavern lono For the departed... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 398 pàgines
...Lay of the Last Minstrel, and, as if by instinct, the first lines my eye fell upon were these : — " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say, that when the poet diet, Mute nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say, tall cliffand cavern... | |
 | 1854 - 704 pàgines
...consecrated by the memory of Washington. Call it not vain— they do lu t err Who Bay that when the HK. o dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say that hill and forest lono For the departed Chief make moan ; Through his loved groves that breezes... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 pàgines
...blaze. s 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...That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of bahn distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply... | |
 | 1855 - 1130 pàgines
...store of peace, and truth, and love. Who, then, shall sing his requiem ? What shall be his epitaph ? 'They do not err Who say, that, when the poet dies,...worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. Who say, toll cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pàgines
...well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. £03 of tl)t Cast fflinstrcl. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worslupper, And celebrates his obsequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pàgines
...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...That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breszes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pàgines
...the grove, And men below and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. Canto v. St. 1. Call it not vain ; — they do not err, Who say. that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. Canto v. St. 13. True love 's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven. It is the... | |
 | George Williams Fulcher - 1856 - 266 pàgines
...suggested to the Bard of Woodbridge the following poem : — GAINSBOROUGH'S HAUNTS. " Call it not vain I they do not err Who say that when the Poet dies, Mute...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; " Nor should we less the memory prize Of him, whose imitative art, Transcripts of nature still supplies,... | |
 | 1857 - 596 pàgines
...ascend. Grander forms will bow in grief, and swell the profound lament. For we are not untruly told to " Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say, that when...That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groans, reply... | |
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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... 
