 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 boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of...  The Saturday Magazine - Pagina 591837Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1861 - 846 pagina’s
...his caste : — " The last of all the bards wns he, Who sung of border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; And he, neglected and opprcss'd, Wished to be with them and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd light... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 pagina’s
...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, His tuneful brethren all were dead, And he, neglected and oppress'd, Wish'cl to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd light... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pagina’s
...by an orphan boy. The bst 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 he, neglected and oppresst, Wish'd to be with them, and at rest. No more, on prancing palfrey borne, He caroll'd, light... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pagina’s
...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, His 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 carrdll'd, light... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 pagina’s
...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, His tuneful brethren all were...placed in hall, a welcome guest, He poured, to lord aud lady gay, The unpremeditated lay : Old times were changed, old manners gone; A stranger filled... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pagina’s
...carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sang of border chivalry ; For well-a-day their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were...and oppressed, Wished to be with them and at rest. Sir Waller Sco«. MIRACLE— Definition of a. A miracle I take to be a sensible operation, which, being... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pagina’s
...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, His 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... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pagina’s
...carried by an orphan boy. The last of aU the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His 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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pagina’s
...by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sang of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were...to be with them, and at rest. No more on prancing palfry borne, He carolled, light as lark at morn ; No longer, courted and caressed, High placed in... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 pagina’s
...an orphan boy : The last-of-all-the-bards was he , Who sang of Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled , His 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... | |
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