 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uneertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. But...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 cadenee, soft or strong,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...When he kept court at 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 ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...past, ol joy and pain. Came wild'ring o'er his aged brain — " Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made — And oft he shook his hoary head. Bui when he caught the measure wild, The old man rais d his face and smil'd ; And lighten'd up his... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...Till every string's according glee Was blended into harmony. Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...hoary head : But when he caught the measure wild, DESCRIPTION OF MELKOSE ABBEY. If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...melody. Amid the strings liis fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook lib hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised ms face, and smiled ; tïve of the ancient Lord* of Bucclench, and widow of the unfortunate James,... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 pages
...from door to door, And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear ! Amidst the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his head and smiled, And lighted up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...When he kept conrt at Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he ihook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 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 hoary head. But when he caught'the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighten'd up his faded eye,... | |
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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... 
