 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...the measure wild, 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,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 pages
...unfortunate James, Duke of Moumouth, who was beheaded in 1685. Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...the measure 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...never thought to sing again : And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long forgotten melody. 19 Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...made, And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he 20 caught the measure wild, The old man raised his head and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye,... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's exstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...much he 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...head. But when he 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...much he 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 head. 1 Anne, Dot-he*! af BuoHmch and MOB moo tb, representative o tho ancient lord* of ll.inl.-ucb, and... | |
 | English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...please a peasant's ear, The harp, a King had loved to hear. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, "1 And an uncertain warbling made — > And oft he shook...the measure wild, The old man raised his face and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's extacy ! In varying cadence, soft and strong,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...much he 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...the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighten'd tip his faded eye, With nil a poet's ecstacy! In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1835 - 380 pages
...When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...the measure wild, The old man raised his face and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - Poets, English - 1836 - 344 pages
...such brilliant association, it was really like the effect produced on the Last Minstrel, — ' — when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lighted up his faded eye ;' for he became immediately excited, and all his furrowed countenance... | |
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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... 
