 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...  English grammar - Página 141por Charles Peter Mason - 1873Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 páginas
...and crown 'd To meet her lord , she took the tax away And built-herself an everlasting name . Scott. THE way was long • the wind was cold , The minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither 'd cheek, and tresses gray , Seeni'd to have known a better day The harp his sole remaining... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 páginas
...noblest thing that perished there, Was that young and faithful heart. THE LAST MINSTREL.— Scott. 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... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 páginas
...not every handsome knight, And dance not with the Water-Sprite ! From the Danish. CLV THE 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... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...1. Throw physic to the dogs, 111 none of it. SHARSPERE. — Macbeth, Act V. Scene 8. MINSTREL. — 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. WALTER SCOTT. — Introduction... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 páginas
...flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Daya. NEWASK CASILE. INIRODUCIION. 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... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 páginas
...country and its God ! MRS. HKMANS. T 9. THE AGED MINSTREL. [From THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.") IHE 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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 páginas
...prophecy of woe, and into the Spartan dwelling did the faithless Paris go. WE AYTOUN 734 THE AGED 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 páginas
...quarto, and a foolscap edition followed in rapid succession. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold. The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His «rither'd cheek, and tresses grey, seem'd to have known a better day ; Th¿ harp, his sole remaining... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1866 - 372 páginas
...Since mere succession implies addition or connection, copulative conjunctions are often omitted. " The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old." — Scott. " It burst; it fell; and, lo ' a skeleton." — Rogers. Disjunctive. Parts united in Form... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 páginas
...Pride of the British stage, Sir itJaltcr gcott THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. THE MINSTREL. * I ''HE 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... | |
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