 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
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...amaranthine flowers, And yield thee fruit divine in heaven's immorta bowers. WILCOX. THE LAST MINSTRKI,. 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 - 1834 - 418 pages
...their metrical predecessors ; and Arthur, Charlemagne, and all their chivalry, were as much cele1 [" His wither'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The bigots of the iron time Had call'd his harmless art a crime, A wandering harper, scoru'd and poor,... | |
 | 1837 - 538 pages
...This fallen condition is thus alluded to by Sir Walter Scott, in his Lay of 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 belter day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | 1837 - 260 pages
...long, the wind wai 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 W as carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he \Vho sane of Bolder chivalry. For,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 pages
...important invention of printing, which has so much contributed to alter the destinies * [" His witherM cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The bigots of the iron time Had call'd his hannleis art a crime ; A wandering harper, scorn'd and poor,... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...the wind та« 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 hoy. The last of all the bards was he, Who s«ng of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
.... . . 91 On the Wonders of Re. Earth and Heaven . . 185 sofi THE POETIC RECITER. 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... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...him easy here, because it can make him happy hereafter. LESSON XCVI. The Last Minstrel. — SCOTT. 1 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Niyhts and Throe Days* INTRODUCTION. e personal infor mation of our Sir David Lindesay : " In Us, witherM cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...eiecution. Mr. ScoU'g ' Lay of the Lait Miuirel' kindlod a . VOL. I. INTRODUCTION. THE way was lonfj, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd cheek, and tresses gray*, Seem'd lo have known a better day; The hnrpY his sole remaining joy, Was earned by an orphan boy. The last... | |
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