 | 1815 - 1008 pages
...night was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old, His wither'd cheek and tresses gray Secm'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining...The last of all the bards was he Who sung of Border Chivalrie. For, well-a-day, their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1805 - 340 pages
...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...date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...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,...carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was lie, Who sang of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...;'./ His withered cheek, and tresses gray, . Seemed to have known a better day$ ' L The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.) / .'':;! «.. A The last of all the bards was hej, ;; < t..;.i .'. £ Who sung of Border chivalry.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...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,...date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey... | |
 | James Ford - 1818 - 430 pages
...He is, most probably, the LAST of the Suffolk Minstrels : 331 ' The Last of all the Bards was He ' For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, ' His tuneful brethren all were dead ; ' And he, neglected and oppress'd, ' Wished to be with them, and at rest." He is now in the "Oth... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...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...date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, AV'as carried by an orphan boy ; The last of all the bards...date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...wind WOB cold, The Minstrel was inßrm and old; His withered cheek , and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp his sole remaining joy,...all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. Fur, well- a- day! their date was fled, Sis tuneful brethren all were dead ; t j4nd he neglected and... | |
 | John Russell - 1824 - 438 pages
...as he now is in the world of genius, it could be less justly said of him than of any other man, that he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them and at rest; for no living author, at least of Germany, can boast of so long and brilliant a career. At once a man... | |
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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 of Border chivalry... 
