 | William Russell - 1854 - 398 sider
...syllables in each line, (called therefore octosyllabic,') of which the following jf an example : " 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. The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Seacome Ellison - 1854 - 120 sider
...singular number only; as, " And I know a grove Of large extent, hard by a castle huge." COLEBIDGE. " The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy." SCOTT. It is joined also to a collective noun ; as, " A crowd drew near the place, Awe in each eye,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 sider
...time occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MIMTBEL INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 sider
...Better. Well-a-day. Fled. Borne. Cheek. Who sung of. Light as lark. Unpremeditated /.lv. Peasant's ear. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses 1 gray, Seemed to have known a hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried hy an orphan... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 sider
...ever equalled the demand for the Lay of the Last Minstrel."— Life, Vol. II. p. 226. INTEODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | 1857 - 596 sider
...winter walks about our streets, he presented the counterpart, not often seen, of SCOTT'S lines : " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...old, His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to hare known a better day." In form he was below the medium size, his face was pale, his brow bore the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 440 sider
...occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to hare known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 sider
...occupied by the action is Three Rights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL INTRODUCTION. • THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to hare known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 sider
...eloquent, — much that deserves and will command the admiration of all-coming ages. THE LAST MINSTREL.1 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 hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
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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. 
