 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 of...  The Ladies' Companion - Seite 901854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1861 - 846 Seiten
...alludes to the altered state of himself and his caste : — " The last of all the bards wns he, Who sung of border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and opprcss'd, Wished to be with them and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd light... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 Seiten
...harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The bst of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppresst, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd, light... | |
 | John Gibson - 1888 - 98 Seiten
...Conjunctions are (i) eo-ordinate, ie, joining two independent sentences : eg — For well-a-day ! their fate was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Longed to be with them and at rest, (ii) sub-ordinate, ie, joining a dependent clause to... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1888 - 698 Seiten
...welladay! their date was flrd, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borr.c, He carolled light as lark at morn ; No longer courted and caress'd, High placed in hall, a... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 Seiten
...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, welladay ! their date was...brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppress'd Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borne, He caroH'd,light as lark at... | |
 | Sarah Warner Brooks - 1890 - 518 Seiten
...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...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 Seiten
...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-aday! their date was...tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
 | William James Rolfe - 1891 - 234 Seiten
...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...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 Seiten
...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...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey1 borne, He caroled, light... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 Seiten
...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, welladay! their date was...brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled light as lark at... | |
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