 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
 | 1863 - 392 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...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 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...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighted up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1864 - 784 Seiten
...; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wild'ring o'er his aged brain — " Amid the airings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made...head. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man rais d his face and smil'd ; And lighlen'd up his laded eye, With all the poet's ecstasy ! In varying... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 Seiten
...of the Duchess. t Walter, Earl of Bncclench, grandfather of the Duche««, and a celebrated warrior. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 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...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 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...when he caught the measure wild. The old man raised bis face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 Seiten
...Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his finger And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure The old man raised his face, and And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 Seiten
...it to King Charles the good, When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try Amid the strings his fingers stray'd. And an uncertain...measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled . With all a poet's ecstasy ! And lighten'd up his faded eye, In varying cadence, soft or strong, The... | |
 | George Wythe Munford - 1867 - 60 Seiten
...so seldom addressed a public audience, and especially of late, that I feel like the aged minstrel: "Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head." If I shall gain his reassured confidence, I may begin to "talk anon Of good earl Francis, dead and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 536 Seiten
...Hoiyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his finger stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he...And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's eestasy! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along: The present scene,... | |
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