 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 Madras University Calendar - Page clxxxiby University of Madras - 1876Full view - About this book
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...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 treaees gray, Seem'd to have known а betler day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
.... . , . . . . 578 Hellvellyn, .........................579 LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. 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... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1854 - 398 pages
...syllables in each line, (called therefore octosyllabic,') of which the following jf an example : " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy." , A very common form of "iambic verse, is the quatrain or stanza of four lines, in which the rhyme... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 788 pages
...poem : — " The way was long, 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...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... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...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 was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - Ireland - 1854 - 392 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - Ireland - 1854 - 382 pages
...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... | |
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