 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.  A System of English Grammar - Seite 165von Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 168 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 Seiten
...Minnesängers foJgendermafsen an : "The way was long , tlie wind WOB cold, The Minstrel was inßrm and old; His withered cheek , and tresses gray, Seemed...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,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 356 Seiten
...some few silent hours, when left alone, And " fame's obstreperous trump," I willingly disown. No.V. The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek,...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day. SIR WALTER SCOTT. J. HERE were few persons who possessed a greater fund of active benevolence than... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 Seiten
...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 was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 Seiten
..." 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 Seiten
...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...his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung a Border chivalry." The HEROIC and OCTO-SYLLABIC metres,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 Seiten
...The minstrel recites to the Dutchess, and her ladie?, a story of her ancestors. THE LAST MINSTREL. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...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,... | |
 | 1831 - 272 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...•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.... | |
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