| Walter Scott - 1842 - Страниц: 746
...and tresses gray*, Seem'd lo have known a better day; The hnrpY his sole remaining joy, Was earned by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he,...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... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1842 - Страниц: 352
...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...For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful, brethern all were dead, And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them and at rest. No more,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - Страниц: 732
...hetter day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried hy an orphan hoy. The last of all the hards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful hrethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and oppressed. Wished to be with them, and at rest. No more,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 738
...minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; o early in the morning for a oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest. e No more on prancing palfry borne, He carolled, light... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - Страниц: 108
...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 be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - Страниц: 540
...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 oppress'd, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest ! No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carol1'd, light... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 746
...minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better dey ; el sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in ; Kor, well-a-day ! their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and... | |
| 1923 - Страниц: 850
...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. . . . Again, there is his description of Melrose Abbey : — If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright,... | |
| William Russell - 1844 - Страниц: 428
...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 orphan boy." A very common form of iambic verse, is the quatrain or stanza of four lines, in which the rhyme occurs... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - Страниц: 464
...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 be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He carolled, light... | |
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