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
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...thoughts thy waters teach — " Eternity, eternity, and power." THE LAST MINSTREL. SIR WALTER SCOTT. 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... | |
| Edward McDermott (of Camberwell, Eng.?) - England - 1859 - 210 pages
...home. A graphic picture is given of the laft of the bards in Scott's Lay of the Laft Minftrel : "— 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 joy,... | |
| Thomas Stantial - Examinations - 1859 - 356 pages
...ille minax." 2. Divide also the following English couplet, and mark the accented syllables : — " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old." 3. What else must be noted in the above English couplet besides its accented syllables ? 4. Distinguish... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1860 - 656 pages
...the action is three nights and three days. TO INTRODUCTION, THE way was long, the wind was cold Ine Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better dayIhe harp, his sole remaining joy ' Was carried by an orphan boy J The last of all the bards was... | |
| Robert Gordon Latham - English language - 1860 - 256 pages
...Common Octosyllabics. — Butler's Hudibras, Scott's poems, The Giaour, and other poems of Lord Byron. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; His haggard cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
| Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1860 - 276 pages
...genius over prejudice and power, in every country, and in every age, have been the triumphs of Athens. The way was long — the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old. Modification of the subordinate element. Relation of coordinate elements. 2 Tell which are of the first,... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...Nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure lo the day. AIlDISON. M CIjt fast Ittinstril. ^3* HE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek and tresses grey Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
| Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...of auld lang syne ; Immortal soiigs of praise, unknown In days of auld lang syne. THE LAST MINSTKEL. 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 Who... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...in their chairs of crimson placed, The Dame and she the warriors graced. SCOTT. &ty fast glinstrtl. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 130 pages
...thoughts thy waters teach — " Eternity, eternity, and power." THE LAST MINSTREL. SIR WALTER SCOTT. 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... | |
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