 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 pages
...him who sings no more ! His hright and hrief career is o'er, And mnte his tnnefnl strains ; Qnenched is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to ponr, A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN's cold remains ! XII. Ever the hreeze hlows merrily,... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 614 pages
...his illustrious friend, His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore That loved the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden 's cold remains. Many affecting and salutary reflections arise in the contemplation of such... | |
 | John Leyden, James Morton - Medicine in literature - 1819 - 906 pages
...brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That lov'd the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains !" NOTE [G.] PAGE Ixxii. That he was not unconscious of the peculiarities of his own character is evinced... | |
 | John Leyden, James Morton - English poetry - 1819 - 528 pages
...brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That lov'd the light of song to pour; ' A distant and a deadly shore Has Ley den's cold remains !" NOTE [G.] PAGE Ixxli. That he was not unconscious of the peculiarities of... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 318 pages
...live." DR. JOHN LEYDEN. " His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of...distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains !" WALTER SCOTT. SCOTLAND may well boast of the number of her sons, who, in spite of poverty and humble... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 318 pages
...live." DB. JOHN LEYDEN. " His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of...distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains!" WALTER SCOTT. SCOTLAND may well boast of the number of her sons, who, in spite of poverty and humble... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...to his memory :— " His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench 'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of...distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains." ODE TO AN INDIAN GOLD COIN, WRITTEN IN CHERICAL, MALABAR. SLAVE of the dark and dirty mine ! What vanity... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1850 - 358 pages
...Conievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! His brief and bright career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd...light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore XII. Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea. Lest, rounding wild Cantire,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...more ! (7) llis bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains; Quench'd is hit* Ump of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour; A distant and a deadly shore Has LKYDXN'S cold remains ! XII. Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea.... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1833 - 430 pages
...1811, before completing his 36th year. " Scenes sung by him who sings no more I His brief and bright career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains; Quench'd...of song to pour : A distant and a deadly shore Has LEVDEN'S cold remains! " Lord of the Isles, Canto IV. vol. x.post. For omens, we in Livy cross, At... | |
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Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him who sings no more ! ° His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved... 
