 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...But, when he reach 'd the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wish'd his boon denied ! For, when to tune his harp he tried,...please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wild'ring o'er his aged brain — " Amid the strings his fmgers stray 'd, And an uncertain warbling... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...minstrel audience gained. But, when he reached the room of sr«*» Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied • For, when...past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brainHe tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 538 pages
...the pipes which he had received from Sir Walter; but, likethe minstrel of his great master's poem : His trembling hand had lost the ease Which marks security...joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain. Though more than seventy years of age, and subjected to much hardship and privation, John of Skye walked... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...minstrel audience gained ; But, when he reached the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied ; For, when to...his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the case Which marks security to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...minstrel audience gained. But, when he reached the room of s'«*» Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied For, when to tune his harp he tried. His trembling hand hod lost the ease, Which murks security to please ; And scenes, long pnst, of joy and pain, Came wildering... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, ' Perchance he wish'd his boon denied: For, xvhen to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had...his harp in vain ! The pitying duchess praised its chiiiu1, And gave him heart, and gave him time, Till every string's according glee Was blended into... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 pages
...Minstrel audience gained. But, when he reached the room of state. Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied ; For, when to...please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wiklering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying Duchess praised its... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...gain'd. But, when he reoch'd the room of state, Where she, with nil her ladies, sate. Perchance he wish'd his boon denied ! For. when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand hud lost the cuse Which marke security to please ; And всепен, long past, ol joy and pain. Came... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...gaiu'd. But, when he rcach'd the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perclumce he wish'd his boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling haud liad lost the ease, Which marks security to please; And scenes, long post, of joy and pain, Came... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...minstrel audience gained. But, when he reached the room of st*** 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 tin' ease, Which marks security to please ; And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering... | |
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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... 
