 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 sivua
...Minnesängers foJgendermafsen an : "The way was long , tlie wind WOB cold, The Minstrel was inßrm and old; His withered cheek , and tresses gray, Seemed...all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. Fur, well- a- day! their date was fled, Sis tuneful brethren all were dead ; t j4nd he neglected and... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 sivua
...worshipp'd — because you are human And potent — because you are weak. THE LAST MINSTREL. tl'alrer Scott. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, AV'as carried by an orphan boy ; The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 356 sivua
...some few silent hours, when left alone, And " fame's obstreperous trump," I willingly disown. No.V. The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek,...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day. SIR WALTER SCOTT. J. HERE were few persons who possessed a greater fund of active benevolence than... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 sivua
...the action is Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY or THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. INTRODUCTION. 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... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 sivua
..." Cheering, 1B Narrative manner, 19 Hesitation and Anxiety, M Enthusiasm, increasing to the end. 1 The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old j His withered cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | 1827 - 574 sivua
...shall give an extract from the " Lay of the Last Minstrel," one of his most delightful productions. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung a Border chivalry." The HEROIC and OCTO-SYLLABIC metres, when used with alternate rhymes, form the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 sivua
...The Minstrel was infirm and old; His wilher'd cheek, and tresses gray, Secm'd to have known a bélier day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried...boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of liorder rhiv.ilry. For, wcll-a-day! their date was fled. His tuneful brethren all were dead; And be,... | |
 | 1828 - 814 sivua
...from youth to age ; Then plunges in the fearful sea Of fathomless Eternity. Knox. THE LAST MINSTREL. 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,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 sivua
...The minstrel recites to the Dutchess, and her ladie?, a story of her ancestors. THE LAST MINSTREL. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; I The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 sivua
...long, the wind was cold, The lUinstrel 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, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of nil the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their dale was fled, His tuneful... | |
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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. 
