 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 - Страница 9по sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | John Purdue Bidlake - 1861 - 186 страници
...confidence. 1. The — sailor was found clinging to an — . 2. The trees are covered with — frost. o 3. ' The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and — .' 4. ' But break my heart, for I muat — my tongue.' 5. ' They launched the long galley, and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 страници
...actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Throe Nights and Three Days. lNTRODUCTlON. 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 Southgate - 1862 - 774 страници
...this world only as a diligence, in which they can travel to another. Napoleon I. MINSTREL- An Aged. l his eye, but cost Signs of remorse grey Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 страници
...on the 21st September 1832 he breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. THE 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 ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 страници
...not every handsome knight, And dance not with the Water-Sprite ! From the Danish. CLV THE MINSTREL. 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... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 страници
...is bless'd, and I lament no more, A wise good man, contented to be poor. Crabbe. THE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day ; Was carried by an orphan boy. The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 страници
...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... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 страници
...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... | |
 | 1863 - 392 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
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