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... Blackwood's Magazine - Página 6211850Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Estelle Davenport Adams - 1894 - 432 páginas
...earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! WORDSWORTH : Personal Talh, iv. Call it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...lone, For the departed Bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal lill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1894 - 906 páginas
...unknown future, what wonder if those solemn lines of a brother bard should have crossed his mind : 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... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 358 páginas
...but he studies in the fields." No wonder then that Nature has been said to return the poet's love. " Call it not vain ; — they do not err Who say that,...mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies."' Swinburne says of Blake, and I feel entirely with him, though in my case the application would have... | |
| Walter Scott - 1894 - 208 páginas
...short-lived bla/e. Smiled then, well-pleased, the Aged Man, And thus his tale continued ran. CANTO FIFTH. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his olisequies : Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan; That mountains... | |
| Alexander Francis Chamberlain - 1895 - 482 páginas
...themselves," but are become " a portion of that around them." In the beautiful words of Scott : — " 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 the breezes... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 páginas
...pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair I THE MEMORY OF THE BARD. 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 breezes... | |
| 1896 - 1224 páginas
...painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep. k. POPE— The Dunciad. Bk. IL 93. II. I. SCOTT — The Lay of the Lout Minstrel. Canto V. St. 1. Never durst poet touch a pen to write Until... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 páginas
...; Chaste moral writing we may learn from henc1, Neglect of which no wit can recompense. ROSCOMMON. Call it not vain ; — they do not err Who say that,...mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies. SIR W. SCOTT: Lay of the Last Mimtrel. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 páginas
...pile ; And home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! THE MEMORY OF THE BARD. CALL it not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that...cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moaa ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil J Through his loved... | |
| 1894 - 880 páginas
...unknown future, what wonder if those solemn lines of a brother bard should have crossed his mind : 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 grores that breezes... | |
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