...of the Isles." "Scarba's Isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreckin's roar, And lovely Colonsay ; Scenes sung by him who sings no more :...of song to pour : A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains." His " Scenes of Infancy" is distinguished for the sweetness of its versification,...

...him who SHIRS no more : His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour ; • A distant and a deadly shore Haß Leyden'ö cold remains !"t During the years 1800 and 1801, the Minstrelsy formed Us editor's chief...

...him who sings no more t His bright and brief career is o'er. And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore. That loved the light of...distant and a deadly shore Has Leydeu's cold remains r heart on a phaeton, at once strong, and low, and handsome, and not to cost more than thirty guineas;"...

...him who sings no more ! His brief and bright career is o'er. And mute his tuneful slrains ; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour: A distant und a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains!" Lord of the Isles, Canto IV. vol. v. post. See a notice...

...him who sings no more ! His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour A distant and a deadly shore c Has LEYDEN'S cold remains!1 of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy,...

...death in hi» ' Lord of the Isles.' Scarba's Isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Comevreckin's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; Scenes sung by him who...of song to pour : A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains. The allusion here is to a ballad by Leyden, entitled The Mermaid, the scene...

...pathetically laments — " His bright and brief career was o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched was his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour — A distant and a dismal shore Has Leyden's cold remains ! " To this first section of our subject are also referable...

...his departure, abounds in. beauties. But now, in his friend's words, in the Lord of the Isles — " His bright and brief career is o'er And mute his tuneful...light of song to pour A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains !" It is not to be forgotten that " Earl Walter" is more than poet or advocate...

...him who sings no more ! His tirief and bright carcer is o'er, And mutc his tuneful straius ; Quench'd is his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour . A distant and a deadly shore 1'ns LEY UEN'S cold remaina !" Lord ofthe Ilia, Canto IV. See a notice of his life in the Author's...

...endeavored, and His bright and brief* career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quench'd is hi» lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has LKYDEX'S cold remains I XIL Ever the breeze blows merrily. But the galley ploughs no more the sea....