 Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied: For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease Which marks security to please; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain...  The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem - Page 15by Walter Scott - 1806 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1805 - 570 pages
...wish'd his boon denied ; For when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please ; And scenes, long...pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain : He tried to tun« his harp in vain/ At length, encouraged by the kindness of his illustrious hostess, ' Amid the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...wished his hoon denied: For( when to tune his harp he tried, llis tremhling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please ; And scenes, long...past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged hrain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying Dutchess praised its chime, And gave him heart,... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...wished his boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pair*, Came wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying Duchess,... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease Which marks security to please ; And scenes long passed of joy and pain Came wildering o'er his aged brain...harp in vain. The pitying duchess praised its chime, 1? And gave him heart and gave him time, Till every string's according glee Was blended into harmony.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...he wish'd his boon denied: For when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling Land hud t»,t the case Which marks security to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, dme wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried (o tune his harp in vain. The pitying duchess praisrd... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...Came wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying Dutchess prais'd its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time, Till every string'* according glee Was blended into harmony.. And then, he said, he would full fain He eould recall... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...wished his boon denied: For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please; And scenes, long past,...o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp ш vain. The pitying duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time, Till every string's... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...wished the boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please ; And scenes' long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er Ids aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. 8 The pitying dutchess praised its chime, And... | |
 | H. M. Melford - English language - 1841 - 466 pages
...vespers blend, Or matin orisons to Mary paid. (Byron's Poems.) . r • . .* • Не tried to tone his harp in vain, The pitying Duchess praised its...string's according glee Was blended into harmony. (W. Scott's Lay.) But happy they ! the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite , and in one... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...wish'd his boon denied : F9r, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain 1 tno forest. A long ballad, containing nn... | |
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