 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 788 Seiten
...boon denied ! For, when to tune his harp he tried, Hie trembling huid had lost tbe сои Which marke security to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wild'ring o'er his aged brain — " Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 Seiten
...But, wlieu he reach'd the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wish'd his boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried,...scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain ! The pitying Duchess praised its chime,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 326 Seiten
...minstrel audience gained; But, when he reached the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied ; For, when to...security to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pam, Came wildering o'er his aged brain ; He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying duchess praised... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 Seiten
...But, when he reach'd the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Percliance he wish'd his boon denied: For, when to tune his harp he tried,...His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks sscurity to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Come wildering o'er his aged brain —... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 Seiten
...eare ; Tsme but the impression deeper makes As streams their ehannels deeper wear. Burns. And seenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain. Seott's 1,чi1 of the. 1,4еt Minstrel. Through the shadowy past, Like a tomb-seareher, memory ran,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 Seiten
...Minstrel audience gained: but, when he reached the room of state, where she, with all her ladies, sat, perchance he wished his boon denied; for, when to...aged brain ; — he tried to tune his harp, in vain. p"»Amid the strings his fingers strayed, and an notation, uncertain warbling made; and, oft, he shook... | |
 | Henry Owgan - 1856 - 338 Seiten
... BT HENRY OWGAN, LL.D. ' And scenes long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain." — SCOTT. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 440 Seiten
...Minstrel audience gained. But, when he reached the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied: For, when to...aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. 70 The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time, Till every string's... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...Minstrel audience gained. But, when he reached the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied: For, when to...aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. 70 The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time, Till every string's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 354 Seiten
...gain'd. But, when he reach'd the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wish'd his boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried,...please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wiidering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain ! The pitying Duchess praised its... | |
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Where she with all her ladies sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease Which marks security to please... 
