 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 - Страница 141по sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 страници
...the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. n. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1865 - 678 страници
...is set up — or was, when the last minstrel sang his lay : Call it, not vain : — they do not err Who say that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Thro' his loved grove that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers teach their... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1865 - 670 страници
...set up — or was, when the last miustrel sang his lay : Call it not vain :• — they do not err Who say that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of bafin distil ; Thro' his loved grove that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 страници
...toil For the vain tribute of a smile. Canto iv. Stanza 85. Call it not vain ; — they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies. Canto v. Stanza 1. True love 's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 страници
...the 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...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. Nor that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the wood,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 страници
...own beautiful lines, to do homage to the memory of his muse : — Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when the poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...And oaks in deeper groan reply ; And rivers teach the rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave, v 18; In his Rokebv we have this tine song : —... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 страници
...the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain :— they do not err. Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes eigh. And oaks, in deeper groan, reply; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 страници
...the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain :— they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal nl ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 страници
...Trade will be all the better for these cantos. Byron, D. ,'• Call it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that, when the poet dies, Mute nature mourns...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. Scott, I*!I v- 1POEMS, POETBY, POETS— continued. Ne'er Was flattery lost on poet's ear : A simple... | |
 | T. P. Grinsted - 1867 - 340 страници
...foliage, while a number of fine trees have sprung up among the ruins. " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say that, when the poet dies, Mute Nature mourns...loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groans reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave." Lay of the Last... | |
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