 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 ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Side 9af Walter Scott - 1811 - 295 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 sider
...1. Throw physic to the dogs, 111 none of it. SHARSPERE. — Macbeth, Act V. Scene 8. MINSTREL. — 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. WALTER SCOTT. — Introduction... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 sider
...and crown 'd To meet her lord , she took the tax away And built-herself an everlasting name . Scott. THE way was long • the wind was cold , The minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither 'd cheek, and tresses gray , Seeni'd to have known a better day The harp his sole remaining... | |
 | 1863 - 392 sider
...of the Tweed over its pebbles." He breathed his last at Abbotsford, on the 2ist of September, 1832.] THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; i. K His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 sider
...flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Daya. NEWASK CASILE. INIRODUCIION. 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... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 sider
...country and its God ! MRS. HKMANS. T 9. THE AGED MINSTREL. [From THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.") IHE 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 sider
...the personages actually nourished. The time occupied by the action is three nights and three OJIJ-B. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold,...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses groy, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 614 sider
...a small quarto, and a foolscap edition followed in rapid succession. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 sider
...a small quarto, and a foolscap edition followed in rapid succession. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold. The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His «rither'd cheek, and tresses grey, seem'd to have known a better day ; Th¿ harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1866 - 372 sider
...Since mere succession implies addition or connection, copulative conjunctions are often omitted. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old." — Scott. " It burst; it fell; and, lo ' a skeleton." — Rogers. Disjunctive. Parts united in Form... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 sider
...Scott's granddaughter, has inherited the property. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THl way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; Hiswuher'd cheek, and tresses grey, Scon'd to have known a better day; The hirp, his sole remaining... | |
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