 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 ページ
...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 ページ
...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... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 392 ページ
...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 - 382 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Seacome Ellison - 1854 - 120 ページ
...singular number only; as, " And I know a grove Of large extent, hard by a castle huge." COLEBIDGE. " The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy." SCOTT. It is joined also to a collective noun ; as, " A crowd drew near the place, Awe in each eye,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 ページ
...time occupied by the action is Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MIMTBEL INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 ページ
...Better. Well-a-day. Fled. Borne. Cheek. Who sung of. Light as lark. Unpremeditated /.lv. Peasant's ear. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses 1 gray, Seemed to have known a hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried hy an orphan... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 ページ
...ever equalled the demand for the Lay of the Last Minstrel."— Life, Vol. II. p. 226. INTEODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining... | |
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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. 
