 THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.  Johnsonian age - Sivu 295tekijä(t) Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 sivua
...occupied by the action is three nights Ы three days. INTRODUCTION. THI way vas long, the wind та« cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His withered...harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan hoy. The last of all the bards was he, Who s«ng of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was... | |
 | 738 sivua
...aged minstrel— the last of his race : " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel wus inflnn and old, His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day : His harp, his solo remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was heWho... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 sivua
...him easy here, because it can make him happy hereafter. LESSON XCVI. The Last Minstrel. — SCOTT. 1 THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...all the bards was he, Who sung of border chivalry : For, well-a-day! their date was fled. His tuneful brethren all were dead ; 2 And he neglected and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 sivua
...actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Niyhts and Throe Days* INTRODUCTION. e personal infor mation of our Sir David Lindesay : " In Us, witherM cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 sivua
...and tresses gray*, Seem'd lo have known a better day; The hnrpY his sole remaining joy, Was earned by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, welladay ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppress'd,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 sivua
...artually nourished. The time occupied hy the action if three aighu and three dayv INTROIlUCTION. TBK way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was...withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried hy an orphan hoy. The last of all the hards... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 sivua
...desert lone ' Revenge for blood and treachery P " THE AGED MINSTREL. From THK LAY or THE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; Seemed to have known a belter day; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 sivua
...Funeral Anthem Dies Iree Page 66 69 70 71 72 74 77 79 79 80 81 82 84 ENGLISH POETRY. THE LAST MINSTEEL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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 and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sivua
...feudal tale, and tended greatly to cause the popularity of the poem. The minstrel is thus described: — d, and blotted it out for ever. My uncle Toby went...ordered the corporal to go early in the morning for a ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and... | |
 | 1923 - 850 sivua
...itself in his prosaic temperament. His most celebrated lines show the quality of his composition : — The way was long, the wind was cold. The minstrel...sole remaining joy. Was carried by an orphan boy. . . . Again, there is his description of Melrose Abbey : — If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,... | |
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