| Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 sider
..." Cheering, 1B Narrative manner, 19 Hesitation and Anxiety, M Enthusiasm, increasing to the end. 1 The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old j His withered cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| 1827 - 574 sider
...shall give an extract from the " Lay of the Last Minstrel," one of his most delightful productions. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung a Border chivalry." The HEROIC and OCTO-SYLLABIC metres, when used with alternate rhymes, form the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 sider
...The Minstrel was infirm and old; His wilher'd cheek, and tresses gray, Secm'd to have known a bélier day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried...boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of liorder rhiv.ilry. For, wcll-a-day! their date was fled. His tuneful brethren all were dead; And be,... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 sider
...The minstrel recites to the Dutchess, and her ladie?, a story of her ancestors. THE LAST MINSTREL. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; I The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 sider
...long, the wind was cold, The lUinstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of nil the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their dale was fled, His tuneful... | |
| 1831 - 272 sider
...Minstrel's lays be kind, May they give pleasure and improve the mind. THE NORWICH MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 sider
...•аишш, MÍ. Scoit'a ' Lay of tbo Lut Minstrel' kindled a |"tt»ft INTRODUCTION. THE way was longj, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a bettor day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 sider
...thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. Wordsworth. THE MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day; 2H The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| Francisque Michel - 1835 - 346 sider
...351 et 352: . ea sola voluptas Solamenque mall, de collofistula pende t. (,Eneidos lib. iii, v. 660.) The harp, his sole remaining joy , Was carried by an orphan boy. (The Lay of the last Minstrel, v. 5 et 6.) Voyez, sur la réputation qu'avoit Tristan comme musicien, ci-devant,... | |
| 1836 - 424 sider
...amaranthine flowers, And yield thee fruit divine in heaven's immorta bowers. WILCOX. THE LAST MINSTRKI,. The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last of all the Bardg was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For well a day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren... | |
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