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
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...the Rhine ; Their tasks the busy sewers ply, And all is mirth and revelry. THE LAST MINSTREL. Tn , way was long, the wind was cold. The minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd check and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...reputation. In confirmation of these remarks, we give a considerable part of the introduction to the whole poem : — " The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses pray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...reputation. In confirmation of these remarks, we give a considerable part of the introduction to the whole poem : — " 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 ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...or the Rhine ; Their tasks the busy sewers ply, And all is mirth and revelry. THE LAST MINSTREL. TRE way was long, the wind was cold. The minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd check and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 pages
...air, Cried, "Where 's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land !" THE LAST 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 ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. SCO'IT. THE IJIST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was coldj 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,... | |
| John White - 1850 - 188 pages
...tale To every passing villager. The squirrel leaps from tree to tree, And shells his nuts at liberty. 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 golden palace of my God, Towering... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, SCOTT. THE LAST MINSTREL. THE w ay was long, the wind was coiil 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.... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...personages actually flourished The time occupied by the action is three nights am! three days. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His wilhei'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...rp. TUNEFUL ; long « in tune, not oo. BRETHREN ; give e its short sound ; do not call it bruthrin. THE way was long, the wind was cold ; The minstrel was infirm and o\d ; His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining... | |
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