 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. The last of all the bards was he Who sung of...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Página 309por Walter Scott - 1842 - 699 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 páginas
...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, AV'as carried by an orphan boy ; The last of all the bards was he,...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... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 páginas
...and tresses gray, 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. Fur, well- a- day! their date was fled, Sis tuneful brethren all were dead ; t j4nd he neglected and... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 páginas
...and tresses gray, 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 ; 2 For well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead, And he, neglected and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 páginas
...and tresses gray, Secm'd to have known a bélier day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of liorder rhiv.ilry. For, wcll-a-day! their date was fled. His tuneful brethren all were dead; And be,... | |
 | 1827 - 574 páginas
...and tresses gray, 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 a Border chivalry." The HEROIC and OCTO-SYLLABIC metres, when used with alternate rhymes, form the... | |
 | 1828 - 814 páginas
...and tresses gray. 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,...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 páginas
...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; I The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he,...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 caroll'd light... | |
 | John Russell - 1828 - 310 páginas
...as he now is in the world of genius, it could be less justly said of him than of any other man, that he, " neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest ;" — for no living author, at least of Germany, can boast of so long and brilliant a career. At once... | |
 | John Russell - 1828 - 306 páginas
...as he now is in the world of genius, it could be less justly said of him than of any other man, that he, — — — " neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest ;" — for no living author, at least of Germany, can boast of BO long and brilliant a career. At once... | |
 | 1831 - 272 páginas
...and tresses gray, Seem'd 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 and oppressed,... | |
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