 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 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 tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 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 tresses pray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...or the Rhine ; Their tasks the busy sewers ply, And all is mirth and revelry. THE LAST MINSTREL. TRE way was long, the wind was cold. The minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd check and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1848 - 360 Seiten
...your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlene is there." Border Minstrelsy, ii. 187. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. * * * He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower: The minstrel gazed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 Seiten
...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, Was carried by an orphan boy. o The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, welladay ! their date was; fled,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 Seiten
...air, Cried, "Where 's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land !" THE LAST 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 ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 Seiten
...night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. SCO'IT. THE IJIST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was coldj The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek,...orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he, Who sunjj of Border chivalry. For, well. ay ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren nll were dead ;... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1849 - 118 Seiten
...wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have kn<5wn a b6tter day. The harp, his s61e remaining J6y, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was h6 Who sung of ancient chivalry. — SCOTT. § 178. In the following lines the accent recurs regularly... | |
 | John White - 1850 - 192 Seiten
...tale To every passing villager. The squirrel leaps from tree to tree, And shells his nuts at liberty. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The golden palace of my God, Towering above the clouds I see ; Beyond the cherub's bright abode, Higher... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, SCOTT. THE LAST MINSTREL. THE w ay was long, the wind was coiil The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek,...orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he. Who suner of Border chivalry. For, well ;iy ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ;... | |
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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. 
