 | 1852 - 782 páginas
...confirmaliou of these remata, we give a considerable part of the introdaetion to the whole poem :— "The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wiiher'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 páginas
...sound 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...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 and oppressed,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 páginas
...long, tlio 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...of all the bards was he Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren ivll were dead ; And he, neglected and... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 páginas
...breach or jar! Spenser. I to the vulgar am become a jest, Esteemed as a minstrel at a feast. Sandys. 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 páginas
...actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three lights and Three Days? INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; l " The chief excellence of the Lay consists in the beauty of the description* of local scenery,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 páginas
...and bright, And lovely as a Laplund night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. SCOTT. TlfE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold\ The Minstrel...orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he, Who sunjr of Border chivalry. For, well- ;iy ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 páginas
...describing. L. I think I do. THE LAST MINSTREL. WALTER SCOTT. THE way was long, the wind was colJ, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek...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 and opprest,... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 382 páginas
...What can all this mean ? I must wait, I suppose, the explanation from her own lips." CHAPTER XLV. " 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 last of all the bards was he, Who sung of border chivalry."... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 392 páginas
...What can all this mean ? I must wait, I suppose, the explanation from her own lips." CHAPTER XLV. " 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 last of all the bards was he, Who sung of border chivalry."... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 páginas
...the wind was cold, The Mineire l » us infirm and old ; Un wiihcr'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan buy. The last ol all ihe Bards was he, Who sune of Burder chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was... | |
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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. 
