 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 páginas
...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, 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 occurs... | |
 | 1923 - 850 páginas
...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. . . . Again, there is his description of Melrose Abbey : — If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...long, the wind was cold. The minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd check and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining...caroll'd, light as lark at morn ; No longer, courted and caresa'd, High placed in hall, a welcome guest, He pour'd, to lord and lady gay, The unpremeditated... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 páginas
...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...tuneful brethren all were dead, And he, neglected and opprest, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd light... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 páginas
...long, the wind was coid, The Minstrel was Infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to he with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 páginas
...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...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 páginas
...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. Scott. 10. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 páginas
...wind was cold, The minstrel — was infirm, and old ; Hi* wither'd cheek — and tresses gray, Heem'd to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried— by an orphan boy." Ve et the tender office Innf engage, To rnck the cradle of reposing ajrt ; iVirh lenient arts — extend... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 382 páginas
...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, Was carried by an orphan bov. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, welladay ! their date was... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 páginas
...long, the wind was cold. The minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd check and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining...prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd, light as lark at mom ; No longer, courted and caress'd, High placed in hall, a weleome guest, He pour'd, to lord and... | |
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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. 
