 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 in tears of balm distil ; Through...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 567edited by - 1837Full view - About this book
 | 1894 - 576 pages
...in crystal rill ; 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 To murmur dirges round his grave.' He explains this by saying that the voices we attribute to Nature are the voices of departed spirits,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...in crystal rill ; 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 To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | 1806 - 448 pages
...in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of halm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply. And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur diiges round his grave." P. 135—136. The hardy clans approach. The lady informs them of what has... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...in crystal rill ; 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 To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...in crystal rill; 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 To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | England - 1850 - 938 pages
...crystal rill, 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 To murmur dirges round his grave." NORTH. And there the Last Minstrel should have ceased. What follows spoils all — fanciful, fantastic... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of halm distil ; Through his loved groves that hreezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply; And rivers teach...their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 pages
...crystal rill ; 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 To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 pages
...in crystal rill ; 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 To murmur dirges round his grave. II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; But that the stream, the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...tears of balm distil ; 'trough his loved groves that breezes sigh, Ami oak* in deeper groan reply ; II. Not that, in sooth, o'er mortal urn Those things inanimate can mourn ; Rut that the stream, the wood, the gale, Is vocal with the plaintive wail Of those, who, else forgotten... | |
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