 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 sider
...any virtues, unless obedience, or even servility to superiors, be of the number." THE LAST MINSTREL.i The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; Hi- withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | 1852 - 782 sider
...confirmation of these remarks, we give a considerable part of the introduction to the whole poem : — "The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and treaees gray, Seem'd to have known а betler day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | 1852 - 782 sider
...confirmaliou of these remata, we give a considerable part of the introdaetion to the whole poem :— "The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wiiher'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 sider
...long, tlio wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining...well-a-day ! their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren ivll were dead ; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. A wandering... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 sider
...breach or jar! Spenser. I to the vulgar am become a jest, Esteemed as a minstrel at a feast. Sandys. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek and tresses grey Seemed to have known a better day: The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 sider
...actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three lights and Three Days? INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; l " The chief excellence of the Lay consists in the beauty of the description* of local scenery,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 sider
...and bright, And lovely as a Laplund night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. SCOTT. TlfE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold\ The Minstrel...orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he, Who sunjr of Border chivalry. For, well- ;iy ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 382 sider
...What can all this mean ? I must wait, I suppose, the explanation from her own lips." CHAPTER XLV. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day ; The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of border chivalry."... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 392 sider
...What can all this mean ? I must wait, I suppose, the explanation from her own lips." CHAPTER XLV. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day ; The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of border chivalry."... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 sider
...the wind was cold, The Mineire l » us infirm and old ; Un wiihcr'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan buy. The last ol all ihe Bards was he, Who sune of Burder chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was... | |
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Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. 
