 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 of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected...  The lay of the last minstrel, a poem - Page 9de sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | James White - 1858 - 316 pages
...had originally suggested the tale, and by this simple artifice the unity of the work is preserved. The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...saying, he laughed in my face and stalked away. LESSON XXXIV. THE LAST MINSTREL. BY WALTER SCOTT. 1. 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... | |
 | Charles Peter Mason - 1858 - 216 pages
...Honour the king." " Sometimes the linnet piped his song, Sometimes the throstle whistled strong." " The way was long, the wind was cold ; The minstrel was infirm and old." " So he spoke, so I replied." " This is foolish, that is wise." " I was robbed of all my money ; for... | |
 | Edward McDermott (of Camberwell, Eng.?) - 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,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Stantial - 1859 - 352 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 - 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 - 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
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