| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 str.
...sound rp. TUNEFUL; long « in tune, not oo. BRETHREN ; give e its short sound; do not call it bruthrin. THE way was long, the wind was cold ; The minstrel...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 str.
...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...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 ivll were dead ;... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 str.
...breach or jar! Spenser. I to the vulgar am become a jest, Esteemed as a minstrel at a feast. Sandys. The way was 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 joy, Was carried by an orphan... | |
| Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 str.
...actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three lights and Three Days? INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; l " The chief excellence of the Lay consists in the beauty of the description* of local scenery,... | |
| George Croly - 1854 - 426 str.
...and bright, And lovely as a Laplund night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. SCOTT. TlfE LAST MINSTREL. THE way was long, the wind was cold\ The Minstrel...orphan boy ; The last of all the Bards was he, Who sunjr of Border chivalry. For, well- ;iy ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead... | |
| Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 str.
...describing. L. I think I do. THE LAST MINSTREL. WALTER SCOTT. THE way was long, the wind was colJ, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek...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... | |
| Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 382 str.
...What can all this mean ? I must wait, I suppose, the explanation from her own lips." CHAPTER XLV. " The way was 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 last of all the bards was he, Who sung of border chivalry."... | |
| Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 392 str.
...What can all this mean ? I must wait, I suppose, the explanation from her own lips." CHAPTER XLV. " The way was 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 last of all the bards was he, Who sung of border chivalry."... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 str.
...the wind was cold, The Mineire l » us infirm and old ; Un wiihcr'd cheek, and tresses gray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan buy. The last ol all ihe Bards was he, Who sune of Burder chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was... | |
| William Russell - 1854 - 398 str.
...syllables in each line, (called therefore octosyllabic,') of which the following jf an example : " The way was 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,... | |
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