 | W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878 - 174 pages
...pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time. , . . THE LAST MINSTREL. 121 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,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton - Scott, Walter - 1878 - 202 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 up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1878 - 860 pages
...wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain ! 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,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - 140 pages
...The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, 85 And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught...the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! 90 In varying cadence, soft or... | |
 | Annie M. Lawrence - 1880 - 302 pages
...the quivering strings some long loved melody, and another picture from Scott passed before me : .' ' 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 ecstacy I In varying measures, soft or strong,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - English poetry - 1880 - 326 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,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...much 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...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,... | |
 | New national reading books - 1880 - 362 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 up his faded eye, 90. With all a poet's ecstasy ! G In varying cadence, soft... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...much 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...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,... | |
 | Authors, English - 1880 - 556 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 up his faded eye, • . . With all a poet's ecsta»y ! Tn varying... | |
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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... 
