 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...  The Lay of the Past Minstrel: A Poem in Six Cantos - Seite 7von Walter Scott - 1889 - 144 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,...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 sunjj of Border chivalry. For,... | |
 | 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...known a better day ; The Harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The golden palace of my God, Towering above the clouds I see ; Beyond... | |
 | 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,...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 suner of Border chivalry. For,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 Seiten
...personages actually flourished The time occupied by the action is three nights am! three days. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His wilhei'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 Seiten
...rp. TUNEFUL ; long « in tune, not oo. BRETHREN ; give e its short sound ; do not call it bruthrin. THE way was long, the wind was cold ; The minstrel was infirm and o\d ; His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 Seiten
...with any virtues, obedience, or even servility to superiors, be of the number." THE LAST MINSTREL.1 The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...Well-a-day. Fled. Borne. Syntax. Cheek. Who sung of. Light as lark. Unpremeditated lay, Peasant's ear. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...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,... | |
 | 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...stronger still in earth and air, And in the sea the man Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day... | |
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