 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
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...desert lone ' Revenge for blood and treachery P " THE AGED MINSTREL. From THK LAY or THE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; Seemed to have known a belter day; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...artually nourished. The time occupied hy the action if three aighu and three dayv INTROIlUCTION. TBK way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pages
...confirmation of these remarks, we give a considerable part of the introduction to the whole poem : — " 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,... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 pages
...eight syllables in each line, (called therefore octosyllabic,) of which the following is an example : " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy." A very common form of iambic verse, is the quatrain or stanza of four lines, in which the rhyme occurs... | |
 | 1923 - 850 pages
...itself in his prosaic temperament. His most celebrated lines show the quality of his composition : — 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.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...tale, and j tended greatly to cause the popularity of the poem. The minstrel is thus described : — that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet withered cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better dey ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...feudal tale, and tended greatly to cause the popularity of the poem. The minstrel is thus described: — d, and blotted it out for ever. My uncle Toby went to his bureau ; put his withered cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...Funeral Anthem Dies Iree Page 66 69 70 71 72 74 77 79 79 80 81 82 84 ENGLISH POETRY. THE LAST MINSTEEL. 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... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 410 pages
...eight syllables in each line, (called therefore octosyllabic,} of which the following is an example : " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy." A very common form of iambic verse, is the quatrain or stanza of four lines, in which the rhyme occurs... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...restore, And eyelids that are seal'd in death Shall wake, to close no more, PEABODY. THE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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,... | |
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