 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...cause the popularity of the poem. The minstrel is thus described : — The way was long, the wind wa» e gier-eagle on his sail, Strong against tide the...in the sea the man of prayer, And far beneath the The last of all the bards was he Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was flij... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - 392 Seiten
...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 was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 Seiten
...any virtues, unless obedience, or even servility to superiors, be of the number." THE LAST MINSTREL.i The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; Hi- withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 Seiten
.... . , . . . . 578 Hellvellyn, .........................579 LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. 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,... | |
 | 1852 - 782 Seiten
...confirmaliou of these remata, we give a considerable part of the introdaetion to the whole poem :— "The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wiiher'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | 1852 - 782 Seiten
...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 was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and treaees gray, Seem'd to have known а betler day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 Seiten
...breach or jar! Spenser. I to the vulgar am become a jest, Esteemed as a minstrel at a feast. Sandys. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek and tresses grey Seemed to have known a better day: The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...long, tlio 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 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 - 1854 - 892 Seiten
...actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three lights and Three Days? INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; l " The chief excellence of the Lay consists in the beauty of the description* of local scenery,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...and bright, And lovely as a Laplund night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. SCOTT. TlfE 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 sunjr of Border chivalry. For, well- ;iy ! their date was fled,... | |
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