 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 782 páginas
...; 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, welladay ! their...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest No more on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd, light... | |
 | George James Smith - 1901 - 360 páginas
...lovers made. Shining eyes, very blue, Opened very wide. . . . Nay, start not at the sparkling light. His tuneful brethren all were dead, And he, neglected...and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. All day the low hung clouds Have dropped their garnered fulness down. There has not been a sound to-day... | |
 | George James Smith - 1901 - 364 páginas
...lovers made. Shining eyes, very blue, Opened very wide. . . . Nay, start not at the sparkling light. His tuneful brethren all were dead, And he, neglected...and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. All day the low hung clouds Have dropped their garnered fulness down. There has not been a sound to-day... | |
 | George Gunn - 1901 - 246 páginas
...writing these words of the "Lay:"— The last; of all the bards was he Who sang of Border chivalry. . . . And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them and at rest. Old times were changed, old manners gone, A stranger filled the Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the... | |
 | 1902 - 494 páginas
...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...and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borne. He caroled, light as lark at morn ; No longer courted and caressed, High placed in halls, a welcome guest,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1902 - 850 páginas
...their date was fled, ^ His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled light as lark at mor n ; , • No longer courted and caress'd, 'j ," High placed in hall, a welcome guest, ". • He... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1903 - 888 páginas
...; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he vid pnlfrey borne, lie caroled, light as lark at morn ; No longer, courted and caressed, Higli placed in... | |
 | Emeline Gifford Crommelin - 1904 - 206 páginas
...how to write these tales, the old minstrels were needed no longer. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day their...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wished to be with them, and at rest. A wandering harper, scorn'd and poor, He begged his... | |
 | 1905 - 584 páginas
...; 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...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borne He caroll'd, light... | |
 | Henry Stephens Salt - 1906 - 136 páginas
...neglected old porker, like Scott's " Last Minstrel," would be left out in the cold. For, well a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Longed to be with them and at rest. But no ; for look at the case of the donkey. We do not (knowingly)... | |
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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. The last of all the Bards was he. Who sung of... 
