 In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along : The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot: Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost ; Each blank, in faithless memory void,...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Seite 8von Walter Scott - 1805 - 319 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1805 - 570 Seiten
...wild, The old man raised his face and imil'd ; And lighted up his faded eye With all a poet's extacy. 1 In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...diffidence and age's frost In the full tide of song were lest. Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1805 - 692 Seiten
...citacy i In varying cadence, foft or ftrong, He fwept the founding chords along ; The prefent fcene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's froft, In the full tide of fong were loft. Each blank, in faithlefs memory void, The poet's glowing... | |
 | 1805 - 752 Seiten
...! In varying cadence, foft or ftrong, He fwept the founding chords along ; - • The prefent fcene, the future lot, His toils, his wants were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's froft, Jn the full tide of fong were loft. Each blank in faithlefs memory void, The poet's glowing... | |
 | 1806 - 502 Seiten
...With all a poet's extacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along ; ^j The present scene, the future lot ; His toils, his...responsive rung, Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung.' p. \6. We must now expect, when we listen to the Minstrel, those irregular measures, and that uncontrouled... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 Seiten
...The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the fall tide of song were lost. Each 1 1! i nk , in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 Seiten
...raised hie face, and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's eestacy ! In varyirrg cadence, soft or strong-, He swept the sounding chords along ; The present scene, the ftiture lot, Hi» toib, his wants, were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the ftiH... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 Seiten
...The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along j The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's... | |
 | 1810 - 780 Seiten
...The Old-Man rais'd his face and smil'd, And lighten'd up his brilliant eye* With all a Poet's extasy. In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...all forgot ; Cold diffidence and age's frost In the lull tide of song were lost." * HJS sijht is remarkably good. The venerable object of this public testimony... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 Seiten
...The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung. 10 THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. I THE feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 Seiten
...The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lightened up his-faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. I. THE feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye... | |
| |
