 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 Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Pagina 34door Walter Scott - 1894 - 770 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1894 - 576 pagina’s
...Who nay, that when the poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed...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 pagina’s
...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...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 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | 1805 - 752 pagina’s
...that when ¡the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her wor ihipper, And celebrates his obfcquks. Who fay tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan That mountains weep in cryftal rill, & That flowers in tear of balm diftill ; Through his loved groves that breezes Cgh, And... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 342 pagina’s
...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 crystall rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distil ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh,... | |
 | 1806 - 448 pagina’s
...worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies; Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, 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, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply. And rivers... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1807 - 382 pagina’s
...not vain : — they do not err, Who say, that, when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks,...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.) - 1811 - 456 pagina’s
...when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies ; Who say, tali 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 groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pagina’s
...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...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 pagina’s
...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...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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