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" Quenched is his lamp of varied lore That loved the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! XII. "
Calcutta Review - Page 267
1857
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Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...him who sings no more, His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Qnench'd JyXBľ܅ O | X5( d[n \{ 5:ɶl* Xt ]s < v J1 ; } > wz RrO> ] 7E R ]- S Leyden's cold remains.' The allusion here is to a ballad by Leyden, entitled ' The Mermaid,' the scene...
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A selection of English poetry, designed for the use of schools ..., Issue 912

English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...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 Has Leyden's cold remains ! THE STAETLED STAG. BY SCOTT. THE stag at eve had drunk his fill, Where danced...
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Archibald Constable and His Literary Correspondents: A Memorial, Volume 1

Thomas Constable - 1873 - 560 pages
...brief career is o'er, And mute his tuneful strains ; Quenched is his lamp of varied lore That lored the light of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains." SCOTT. "Grata quies patria;, sed et omnis terra sepulchrum." CHAPTER VI. Alexander...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1874 - 660 pages
...coast Lord Ronald's call obey, And Scarba's isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; —Scenes sung by him...of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! XIL Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea,...
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Marmion: With All the Copyright Introductions, Notes, and Readings

Walter Scott - 1874 - 336 pages
...him who sings no morel His brief and bright 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 Has LEVDBN'B cold remains." Lord nf the Isla, Canlu /K vol. I. ^Lneas, upon Thracia's shore. The ghost...
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The Poetical Works of Dr. John Leyden

John Leyden - 1875 - 950 pages
...I LIBRARY ! I SEP 18 1941 J " . . Scarba's Isle, whose tortured shore Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him...of song to pour ; A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains. — SCOTT. " Leyden caught and poured impassioned strain— "Whose ardent spirit...
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The wonders and beauties of Creation, portrayed by Buffon [and others].

Wonders - 1875 - 392 pages
...And Scarba's Isle, whose tortured shore 304 SCOTT'S LORD OF THE ISLES. Still rings to Corrievreken's roar, And lonely Colonsay ; — Scenes sung by him...song to pour ; — A distant and a deadly shore Has LEYDEN'S cold remains ! Ever the breeze blows merrily, But the galley ploughs no more the sea, Lest,...
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Poems and ballads: with a memoir by sir W. Scott, and suppl. by R. White

John Leyden - 1875 - 414 pages
...heard at twilight calm From every cot the peasant's chanted psalm !" SCENES OF INFANCY. WEST SIDE. " His bright and brief career is o'er, And mute his...of song to pour : A distant and a deadly shore Has Leyden's cold remains." Sm W. SCOTT. It was at one time the intention of the committee to place a bust...
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Scenes of Infancy: Descriptive of Teviotdale

John Leyden, W. W. Tulloch - 1875 - 120 pages
...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 Has LETDBN'S cold remains !" In 1801, he contributed the " Elf King," one of his most stirring pieces,...
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From Thomas the Rhymer to Richard Gall

James Grant Wilson - 1875 - 622 pages
...by hon wbo tings uo His brief and bright eareer is o'er, And mute his tuneful strants; Queneh 'd ia his lamp of varied lore, That loved the light of song to pour; A distant and a deadly shore Has Lerden's eold remains." The poetieal remains of Leyden were published in 1819, with a memoir by the...
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