 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 5171837Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...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 - Painters - 1856 - 266 pages
...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 - 588 pages
...stamp with the " Midsummer Night's Dream " ? Or take the opening stanza of the fifth canto : — " Call it not vain : they do not err Who say that when...Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal rill; That flowers in leaves of balm distil; Through... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1857 - 596 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 pages
...And strives to trim the short-lived blaze. CANTO V. 1 CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who saj that, when the Poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper,...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Ridgefield (Conn. : Town) - 1857 - 680 pages
...mountain and the lake, the stream and the glen— which his genius had consecrated—should also weep. " Call it not vain; they do not err Who say, that when the poet dies, Mate nature mourns her worshiper, And celebrates his obsequies; Who say, tall cliff and cavern lone,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 pages
...from their highest meaning when we apply them to the place consecrated by the thought of Washington : Call it not vain ! They do not err Who say that when the Hero dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper And celebrate)! his obsequles ; Who say that hill and forest... | |
 | William Henry Starr - Chicago (Ill.) - 1857 - 308 pages
...brightness of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars, for ever and ever." Call it not vain ; they do not err, Who say that when a teacher dies, Religion mourns her worshiper, And celebrates his obsequies. "We entertained an angel... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...who, if clearly known to the whole world, would have been held worthy of the whole world's love. " Call it not vain ! they do not err, Who say that when a poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ! " Mute nature mourns... | |
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