 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
 | 1852 - 782 sivua
...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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 sivua
...sound rp. TUNEFUL; long « in tune, not oo. BRETHREN ; give e its short sound; do not call it bruthrin. 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 oppressed,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 sivua
...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...of all the bards was he Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren ivll were dead ; And he, neglected and... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 sivua
...describing. L. I think I do. THE LAST MINSTREL. WALTER SCOTT. THE way was long, the wind was colJ, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek...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 opprest,... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 392 sivua
...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 - 382 sivua
...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 sivua
...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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