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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

5121 Sir Walter Sott 1771-1832 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:5121
AUTHOR:Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
QUOTATION:Call it not vain: they do not err
Who say that when the poet dies
Mute Nature mourns her worshipper,
And celebrates his obsequies.
ATTRIBUTION:Lay of the Last Minstrel. Canto v. Stanza 1.
WORKS:Sir Walter Scott Collection.