...its calm blue eye. 4. The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee. 5. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old. 6. The western waves of ebbing day Roll'd o'er the glen their level way. Each purple peak, each flinty...

...modifies. Point out also the predicate nominatives and tell what substantive each refers to or explains. 1. The way was long ; the wind was cold ; The minstrel was infirm and old. 2. Washington was a wise leader. 3. Some days must be dark and dreary. 4. The knight Bayard was " without...

...full of fun, That's Dolly's Polly. 14. There dwelt a miller, hale and bold, Beside the River Dee. 15. The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...His withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have a known a better day. 16. The days are cold, the nights are long, The north wind sings a doleful song....

...much as it pleases in granite. The few miles we ventured beyond the Linn were enougH to prove that the way was long, the wind was cold, the minstrel was infirm and old. Had we walked all the mountain way we should have been much in need of a "plaidie to the angry airts."...

...everywhere. Nor any drop to drink. 1 157. ST COLERIDGE (1772-1834), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Part II. The way was long, the wind was cold. The minstrel was infirm and old. 1158. Sir WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832), TJi» Lay of the Last Minstrel: Introduction. Wealth is crime enough...

...which may be mentioned with advantage. A few lines of verse will help to show what is meant. Take : • The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining joy,...

...vede quando si ripensi ai brani più celebri di quei poemi, come il ritratto dell'ultimo menestrello: The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy... o la descrizione dell'abbazia di Melrose: If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit is by...

...found in the Introduction to the Poem of Marmion. ABBOTSFORO, April, 1830. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL INTRODUCTION THE way was long, the wind was cold,...was infirm and old; His withered cheek and tresses grey Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan...

...difference in movement between Then the | little | Hi'ajwatha Learned of | every | bi'rd its | language. and The way | was long, | the wind | was cold ; The mi'n|strel was | infi'rm | and old. which justifies marking the division in such a way as to suggest that the cadence is best represented...

...turning to the most celebrated extracts of the poems, such as the portrait of the last minstrel : — " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan...