 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...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 515edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
 | John Relly Beard - 1862 - 716 pages
...the lyre ere his soul burst forth in inspired strains. 1 Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made; And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, Tii • old man raised his face and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy... | |
 | 1863 - 392 pages
...wished, yet feared, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made — And oft he shook his hoary...And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along ; The present scene,... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 pages
...wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody . Amid-the-strings his fingers stray'd And an uncertain warbling made , And oft he shook his hoary...wild , The old man raised his face and smiled ; And lighted-up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong , He swept... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...wished, yet feared, to try, The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made — And oft he shook his hoary...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighted up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 pages
...of the Duchess. t Walter, Earl of Bncclench, grandfather of the Duche««, and a celebrated warrior. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised...And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along: The present scene,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...wished, yet feared, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed. And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary...smiled, And lightened up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along : The present scene,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 pages
...he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his finger stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, lie swept... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 792 pages
...wished, yet feared, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed. And an uncertain warbling made — And oft he shook his hoary...when he caught the measure wild. The old man raised bis face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 pages
...And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his finger And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure The old man raised his face, and And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 pages
...court in Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try Amid the strings his fingers stray'd. And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary...measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled . With all a poet's ecstasy ! And lighten'd up his faded eye, In varying cadence, soft or strong, The... | |
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