 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1855 - 914 pages
...the strings his fingers strav'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook hi* hoary hea I. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; live of the ancient Lord? of BII "-clench, and widow of the untor.uuate James. Duke of Monmuiuh,... | |
 | Stephen W. Clark - 1855 - 258 pages
...complaints of the labor era " The sweet remembrance of the just, SHALL FLOURISH when he sleeps in dust." " But when he caught the measure wild, The old man RAISED his head, and SMILED." "And when [he was] listening to this, he WOULD often CLASP his hands in ecstasy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 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 ; o Francis Scott, Earl of Buccleuch, father of the Duchess. * Walter, Earl of Buccleuch, grandfather... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...according glee Was hlended into harmony. Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warhling made, And oft he shook his hoary head : But when he...the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighten'd up his faded eye With all a poet's eestasy ! In varying cadence soft or strong,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 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 ecstacy ! 90 In varying cadence, soft or... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1857 - 394 pages
...lived in 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 440 pages
...his fingers strayedj And an uncertain warbling made, 85 And oft he shook his hoary head. But \vhen he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! 90 In varying cadence, soft or... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...But for high dames and mighty earls. And much he wished, yet feared to trj 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 lighted up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy! In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | James White - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 316 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...caught 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,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. 7. 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... | |
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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... 
