 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 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...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... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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...lost the ease, Which marks security to please ; And seenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain, — He tried to tune his harp... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...But when he reached the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies sate, Perchance he wished the boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried,...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 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...— He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying Dutchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time, Till every string's according glee... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance ne wish'd his boon denied : F9r, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his hoon denied ; For, when to tune his harp he tried, His tremhling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please...scenes, long past, of Joy and pain, Came wildering o er his aged hrain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...gain'd. 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 fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...But when he reached the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies sate, Perchance he wished the boon denied : For, when to tune 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... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...minstrel audience pained. But, when he reached the room of state, Where she, with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied : For, when to...aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. * Ann, Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmoutb. The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him haart,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...minstrel audience gained. But, when he reach'd the room of state, Where she with all her ladies sate, Perchance he wished his boon denied ; For, when to...aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitving duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time, Till everv string's according... | |
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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... 
