 | John White - 1850 - 192 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. The golden palace of my God, Towering above the clouds I see ; Beyond the cherub's bright abode, Higher... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 páginas
...long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; Hi- 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 praneing palfry borne, Ho carolled, light... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 páginas
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 páginas
...long, the wind wa» 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...Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was flij ; His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them,... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - 392 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 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... | |
 | 1852 - 782 páginas
...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...Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Barde was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tunelul brethren... | |
 | 1852 - 782 páginas
...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 an orphan boy. The last of all ihc Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful... | |
 | 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...well-a-day ! their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren ivll were dead ; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. A wandering... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 páginas
...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...orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sang of border chivalry; For well-a day their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead, 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. 
