 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...  Routledge's Every Boy's Annual - Page 2801882Full view - About this book
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...tlie wind WOB cold, The Minstrel was inßrm 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, The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. Fur, well- a- day! their date was fled,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...by the action is Three Wights and Three Days. LAY or THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. INTRODUCTION. 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... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...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 was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
..." 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 pages
...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 was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...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 by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of liorder rhiv.ilry. For, wcll-a-day! their date was fled.... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...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 was infirm and old ; "His withered cheek, and tresses gray. Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pages
...minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, 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, Who sung of border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...flourished. The time occupied by the action INTRODUCTION. I'm way was long, the wind was cold, The lUinstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd cheek, and tresses...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,... | |
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