 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...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...tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to he with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...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, Was carried by an...tuneful brethren all were dead, And he, neglected and opprest, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd light... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd check and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...Seem'd to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan bov. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border...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... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...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. Scott. 10. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...— was infirm, and old ; Hi* wither'd cheek — and tresses gray, Heem'd to have known a better day. The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried— by an orphan boy." Ve et the tender office Innf engage, To rnck the cradle of reposing ajrt ; iVirh lenient arts — extend... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...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, Was carried by an...to be with them, and at rest ! No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd, light as lark at morn; No longer, courted and caress'd, High plac'd in... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...minstrel was infirm and old; His wither'd check and tresses gray Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an...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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Tracts - 1846 - 282 pages
...excelling ; No longer sleep, From lattice peep, And list the tale that love is telling ! THE LAST MINSTREL. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to he with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses pray, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy. Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all ihe Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful... | |
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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... 
