 In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along : The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot: Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost ; Each blank, in faithless memory void,...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page xxviby Walter Scott - 1831 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lightened up his-faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...thought supplied; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. I. THE feast was over... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...The old man raised his face and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost; Each hlank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp responsive... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...thought supplied; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. I. THE feast was over... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's extaey ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...thought supplied ; And, while his harp responsive rung, "f was thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung. BENDEMEEK S STREAM. • T. Moore. THERE'S a bower of roses by... | |
 | James M'Henry - 1824 - 276 pages
...were only rendered more apparently lovely and interesting, by her attempts to conceal them. CHAP. III. In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost ; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas Urns the latest minstrel sung. — Scott. AFTER tea, Ellen,... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot j Cold diffidence and age's frost, In the lull tide of song were lost ; Each blank in faithless memory...thought supplied ; And while his harp responsive rung, The last of border minstrels sung. SIB WALTER SCOTT. Popular, Senatorial, Forensic, and Pulpit Elocution.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...lighten'd up bis faded eye With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept Ihe sounding chords along: The present scene, the future...frost In the full tide of song were lost; Each blank, iu faithless memory void. The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp responsive rung,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pages
...caught the measure wild, The old man rais'd his face, and smil'd ; And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or...thought supplied; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the Latest Minstrel sung." Of good Earl Francis, &c. Francis Scott, Earl of Buccleuch, father... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...With all a poet's exstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords aloug ; The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his...of song were lost ; Each blank, in faithless memory voici, The poet's glowing thoughts supplied ; And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST... | |
 | 1831 - 272 pages
...and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's extacy ! In varying cadence, soft and strong, He swept the sounding chords along ; The present...his wants, were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and ages frost, In the full tide of song were lost. Each blank in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing... | |
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