 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 536 страници
...actually Jlonriahfd. The time occupied in the action is Three Night* and Three Days. fag of % fast Hi 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,... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - 1868 - 298 страници
...fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. GOLDSMITH. 24.— THE LAST MINSTREL. I. The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Ernest Adams - 1868 - 120 страници
...Nominative or Subject. 191. The Subject of a verb, ie the source of the action, is in the Nominative case : The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old. 192. The Subject is frequently an Infinitive, an Infinitive phrase, or a clause, which is then called... | |
 | Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1911 - 292 страници
...to the mouldering wall, And at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. 4. 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.—SCOTT. 5. The day is done, and... | |
 | Larkin Dunton, Augustus Hill Kelley - 1911 - 356 страници
...in trim condition, the anchor was weighed, and the huge steamer started on her homeward journey. 5. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old. 6. Thick clouds of dust afar appeared, And trampling steeds were faintly heard. 7. The air was mild,... | |
 | Augusta Choate, Gertrude Hartman - 1912 - 174 страници
...' 6. He saw that to swim his horse back again would be almost certain death. 7. His withered cheeks and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day;...sole remaining joy,'' Was carried by an orphan boy. 8. Ulysses tried to catch the bird, but it fluttered nimbly out of his reach, still chirping in a piteous... | |
 | Henry Meade Bland - 1912 - 120 страници
...last of the bards ; bidding him adieu in words that are as sure of immortality as any Scott wrote : The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and trusses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by... | |
 | Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1912 - 354 страници
...to the mouldering wall, And at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. 4. 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. — SCOTT. 5. The day is done, and... | |
 | Jeannette Augustus Marks - 1912 - 258 страници
...Gorsedd " was no more to be found. A boy scout, perhaps thinking of Scott's minstrel, who said, — " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old," was despatched downhill after him, and found him and the sword, arm in arm, lagging comfortably behind.... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 страници
...HONORABLE CHARLES, EARL OF DALKEITH, THIS POEM IS INSCKIBED H\ THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION THE way was Ion;;, wo: She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of...For often thro' the silent nights A funeral, with p hoy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry; For, wcll-a-day! their date was... | |
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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... 
