 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pages
...•àèøø, MÍ. Scoit'a ' Lay of tbo Lut Minstrel' kindled a |"tt»ft INTRODUCTION. THE way was longj, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a bettor day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. Wordsworth. THE 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; 2H The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 pages
...form, the Lady Gcraldinc. Canto vi., Stanza xix. ROSLIN CASTLE - - JMW TUKNKR, RA 165 INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...Was carried by an orphan boy ; The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren... | |
 | Francisque Michel - 1835 - 346 pages
...351 et 352: . ea sola voluptas Solamenque mall, de collofistula pende t. (,Eneidos lib. iii, v. 660.) The harp, his sole remaining joy , Was carried by an orphan boy. (The Lay of the last Minstrel, v. 5 et 6.) Voyez, sur la réputation qu'avoit Tristan comme musicien, ci-devant,... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...storms ; for all combine To demonstrate a Power, Omniscient and Divine. THE MINSTREL. SIK W. SCOTT. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...infirm and old ; His withered cheek and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy... | |
 | 1837 - 260 pages
...alluded to by Sir Walter Scott, in his Lay of the Last Minstrel: — The way was long, the wind wai cold, The minstrel was infirm and old. His withered...known a better day The harp, his sole remaining joy W as carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he \Vho sane of Bolder chivalry. For,... | |
 | 1837 - 538 pages
...This fallen condition is thus alluded to by Sir Walter Scott, in his Lay of the Last Minstrel : — The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a belter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
.... . . 91 On the Wonders of Re. Earth and Heaven . . 185 sofi THE POETIC RECITER. THE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...occupied by the action is three nights Û three days. INTRODUCTION. THI way vas long, the wind òà« cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His withered...harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan hoy. The last of all the bards was he, Who s«ng of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was... | |
 | 738 pages
...aged minstrel— the last of his race : " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel wus inflnn and old, His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day : His harp, his solo remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was heWho... | |
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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. 
