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... Works - Side 159af Walter Scott - 1923Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| James White - 1858 - 320 sider
...had originally suggested the tale, and by this simple artifice the unity of the work is preserved. The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
| Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 sider
...saying, he laughed in my face and stalked away. LESSON XXXIV. THE LAST MINSTREL. BY WALTER SCOTT. 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 better day*; The harp', his sole remaining... | |
| Charles Peter Mason - 1858 - 216 sider
...Honour the king." " Sometimes the linnet piped his song, Sometimes the throstle whistled strong." " The way was long, the wind was cold ; The minstrel was infirm and old." " So he spoke, so I replied." " This is foolish, that is wise." " I was robbed of all my money ; for... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 sider
...thoughts thy waters teach — " Eternity, eternity, and power." THE LAST MINSTREL. SIR WALTER SCOTT. 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... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 sider
...thoughts thy waters teach — " Eternity, eternity, and power." THE LAST MINSTREL. SIR WALTER SCOTT. 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... | |
| Edward McDermott (of Camberwell, Eng.?) - 1859 - 210 sider
...home. A graphic picture is given of the laft of the bards in Scott's Lay of the Laft Minftrel : "— 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,... | |
| Thomas Stantial - 1859 - 356 sider
...ille minax." 2. Divide also the following English couplet, and mark the accented syllables : — " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old." 3. What else must be noted in the above English couplet besides its accented syllables ? 4. Distinguish... | |
| Robert Gordon Latham - 1860 - 256 sider
...Common Octosyllabics. — Butler's Hudibras, Scott's poems, The Giaour, and other poems of Lord Byron. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; His haggard cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 sider
...Nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure lo the day. AIlDISON. M CIjt fast Ittinstril. ^3* HE 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,... | |
| Samuel Stillman Greene - 1860 - 276 sider
...genius over prejudice and power, in every country, and in every age, have been the triumphs of Athens. The way was long — the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old. Modification of the subordinate element. Relation of coordinate elements. 2 Tell which are of the first,... | |
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