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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. "
A System of English Grammar - Page 165
by Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 168 pages
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 77

English literature - 1815 - 1008 pages
...long, the night was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old, His wither'd cheek and tresses gray Secm'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 Chivalrie. For, well-a-day, their date was fled...
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The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem

Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...the action is three nights and three days. THE LAY OP THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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,...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1

Europe - 1810 - 560 pages
...of the Last Minstrel. The lines that suggested it arc to be found in the introduction to that poem. The way was long, the wind was cold : The minstrel...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day : His harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. Perhaps, the character of the minstrel,...
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The Edinburgh annual register, Volume 1, Part 2

1810 - 558 pages
...of the Last Minstrel. The lines that suggested it are to be found in the introduction to that poem. The way was long, the wind was cold : The minstrel...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day : His h'arp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. Perhaps, the. character of the minstrel,...
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The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. .JL i •-•!.'. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...tresses gray, . Seemed to have known a better day$ • ••' L The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.) / .'•':;! «.. A The...
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: The lay of the last minstrel. Ballads and ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...by the action is Three Nights and Three Days. THE LAY THE LAST MINSTREL. CAJSTO FIRST. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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,...
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Campbell; Or, The Scottish Probationer. A Novel

Alexander Balfour, Campbell (fict. name.) - 1819 - 972 pages
...tour of pleasure to that I had already visited, Dunkeld *-"have the preference. CHAPTER XXXIII. . / The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel...and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day. SCOTT. AFTER leaving Dtmkeld, we proceeded to the pass of Killicrankie, celebrated as the spot where...
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The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...actually flourished. The time occupied hy the it turn is three Rights and three Pays. I* INTRODUCTION. TnE way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old ; llis withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining...
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The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Volume 1

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...by the action is Three Wights and Three Days. LAY or THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. INTRODUCTION. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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,...
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British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].

British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...worshipp'd — because you are human And potent — because you are weak. THE LAST MINSTREL. tl'alrer Scott. THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel...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, Who sung of Border chivalry. For,...
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