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 Edinburgh annual register - Page 3401810Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
..." Cheering, 1B Narrative manner, 19 Hesitation and Anxiety, M Enthusiasm, increasing to the end. 1 The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old j His withered cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| English literature - 1827 - 574 pages
...shall give an extract from the " Lay of the Last Minstrel," one of his most delightful productions. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...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,... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...from youth to age ; Then plunges in the fearful sea Of fathomless Eternity. Knox. THE LAST MINSTREL. The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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,... | |
| English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...Minstrel's lays be kind, May they give pleasure and improve the mind. THE NORWICH MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. 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.... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...•аишш, 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...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,... | |
| Readers (Elementary) - 1836 - 424 pages
...amaranthine flowers, And yield thee fruit divine in heaven's immorta bowers. WILCOX. THE LAST MINSTRKI,. The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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 Bardg was he,... | |
| Harp - English poetry - 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 - 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... | |
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