 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...  The poetical works of sir Walter Scott - Seite 10von sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 Seiten
...Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his ringers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he...smiled ; And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all the poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along : The present... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 Seiten
...court in Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the stnngs his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made,...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighteu'd up his faded eye, With all the poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 Seiten
...much he wished, yet feared, to try The long forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head; But when he caught the measure wild, TnA rtlfl mar* Vaicarl Viie fetnt\ **~-.,J ___il_ »**v VAVt. uzc*U iCUOGU U*O litUC, UUU. And lightened... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 Seiten
...brilliant association, it was really like the effect produced on the ' Last Minstrel' — ' when lie caught the measure wild ; The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lighted up his faded eye ;' for he became immediately excited, and all his furrowed countenance seemed... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 Seiten
...When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain...lighten'd up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstasy I . In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along : The present scene, the... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 Seiten
...long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers stray 'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft Jie shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man rais'd his head and smiled. And lighten'd up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy. In varying cadence,... | |
 | 1861 - 144 Seiten
...thought to sing again ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try Amid the strings hia fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made ; And oft he shook his hoary head j But, when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lightened up his... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1862 - 716 Seiten
...stimulus of the lyre ere his soul burst forth in inspired strains. 1 Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made; And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, Tii • old man raised his face and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 Seiten
...much he wished, yet feared to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. * l-Yuncli Scott, Earl of Bucclench, father of the Duchess. t Walter, Earl of Bucclench, grandfather... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 Seiten
...kept^court in Holyrood : And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody . Amid-the-strings his fingers stray'd And an uncertain warbling made...wild , The old man raised his face and smiled ; And lighted-up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong , He swept... | |
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