...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...

...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...

...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...lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breszes...

...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...

...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,...

...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...lone For the departed bard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal rill; That flowers in leaves of balm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes...

...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...lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes...

...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,...lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes...

...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,...

...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...