...flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MIMTBEL INTRODUCTION. 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 joy,...

...Better. Well-a-day. Fled. Borne. Cheek. Who sung of. Light as lark. Unpremeditated /.lv. Peasant's ear. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses 1 gray, Seemed to have known a hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried hy an orphan...

...ever equalled the demand for the Lay of the Last Minstrel."— Life, Vol. II. p. 226. INTEODUCTION. 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...

...flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Rights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL INTRODUCTION. • THE way was long, the wind was cold,...old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to hare known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last...

...flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold,...old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to hare known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last...

...winter walks about our streets, he presented the counterpart, not often seen, of SCOTT'S lines : " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...old, His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to hare known a better day." In form he was below the medium size, his face was pale, his brow bore the...

...of literature has received since the time of its desertion." — JEFFREY, April, 1805.] THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. INTRODUCTION. 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...

...eloquent, — much that deserves and will command the admiration of all-coming ages. THE LAST MINSTREL.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 hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,...

...of the river. There are many fine pictures in that old castle. Queen Anne was a weak hut good woman. The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old. Blackbirds are the noisiest of all our feathered songsters. There were many brave soldiers wounded....

...depths with bubbling groan, Gray. Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. TETRAMETER. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...infirm and old. His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day. TRIMETER. The stars, with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in stedfast gaze,...