 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 páginas
...sung of Border chivalry;: For, welka-day ! their date was fled. His tuneful brethren all were deadv And he, neglected and oppressed*. Wished to be with them, and at resfe. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, ge carolled, light as lark at morn; No longer courted and... | |
 | 1861 - 846 páginas
...thus alludes to the altered state of himself and his caste : — " The last of all the bards wns he, Who sung of border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and opprcss'd, Wished to be with them and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd light... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 páginas
...; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The bst 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 oppresst, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd, light... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 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 carrdll'd, light... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 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'cl to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd light... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 páginas
...harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sang of border chivalry ; For well-a-day their date was...and oppressed, Wished to be with them and at rest. Sir Waller Sco«. MIRACLE— Definition of a. A miracle I take to be a sensible operation, which, being... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 páginas
...day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of aU 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... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 páginas
...harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sang of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was...to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfry borne, He carolled, light as lark at morn ; No longer, courted and caressed, High placed in... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 páginas
...his sole remaining joy , Was carried by an orphan boy : The last-of-all-the-bards was he , Who sang of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date...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... | |
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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... 
