 | George Williams Fulcher - 1856 - 266 דפים
...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 - 596 דפים
...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...groans, reply ; And rivers teach their rushing wave, To murmur dirges round his grave," Mr. President, I move the appointment of a committee to report resolutions... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 דפים
...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,...loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave. 2 Not that, in sooth,... | |
 | 1857 - 588 דפים
...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...That mountains weep in crystal rill; That flowers in leaves of balm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 680 דפים
...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,... | |
 | 1857 - 588 דפים
...cavern 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 sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave." Does not " Threlkeld's... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 614 דפים
...departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill ; That flowers in tears of balm distill ; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groans, reply ; An^l rivers teach their rushing wave To murmnr dirges round his grave!" LETTER XLIII. Journey to... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 דפים
...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 דפים
...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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 דפים
...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... | |
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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... 
