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, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung... The Edinburgh annual register - Página 3401810Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 páginas
..." 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 páginas
...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...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,... | |
| 1828 - 814 páginas
...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...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,... | |
| 1831 - 272 páginas
...Minstrel's lays be kind, May they give pleasure and improve the mind. THE NORWICH MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. 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 ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 páginas
...•аишш, MÍ. Scoit'a ' Lay of tbo Lut Minstrel' kindled a |"tt»ft INTRODUCTION. THE way was longj, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a bettor day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. Wordsworth. THE MINSTREL. 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 better day; 2H The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 páginas
...form, the Lady Gcraldinc. Canto vi., Stanza xix. ROSLIN CASTLE - - JMW TUKNKR, RA 165 INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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,... | |
| 1836 - 424 páginas
...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...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 Bardg was he,... | |
| Harp - 1836 - 380 páginas
...storms ; for all combine To demonstrate a Power, Omniscient and Divine. THE MINSTREL. SIK W. SCOTT. 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 ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy... | |
| 1837 - 538 páginas
...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...withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a belter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards... | |
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