 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...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 40by Walter Scott - 1855 - 840 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1894 - 576 lehte
...not vain ; — they do not err Who nay, that when the poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tall cliff...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 - 1805 - 334 lehte
...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,...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 - 1805 - 344 lehte
...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,...crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; I. Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply ; And rivers teach... | |
 | 1806 - 448 lehte
...For the departed hard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of halm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh,...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 342 lehte
...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,...the departed bard make moan; That mountains weep in crystall rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 lehte
...cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; Tli ;it flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved...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.) - 1812 - 362 lehte
...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,...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 lehte
...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,...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... | |
 | 1850 - 938 lehte
...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...lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains meet in crystal rill, That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 lehte
...weep 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...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... | |
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