 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
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...wished his hoon denied ; For, when to tune his harp he tried, His 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 Duchess praised its chime, And... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...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,...aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. 8 The pitying dutchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave him time Till every si ring's... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...he 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 past, of joy and pain, Came wild'ring o'er his aged brain — " Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1845 - 382 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...string's according glee Was blended into harmony. 1 Francis Scott, Earl of Buccleuch, father of the Duchess. ' Walter, Earl of Buccleuch, grandfather... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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...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
...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...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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 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 past, of joy and pain, Came wild'ring o'er his aged brain — " Amid the strings his fmgers stray 'd, And an uncertain warbling... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1848 - 772 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...string's according glee Was blended into harmony. 1 Francis Scott, Earl of Buccleuch, father of the Duchess. 1 Walter, Earl of Buccleuch, grandfather... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 538 pages
...Sir Walter; but, likethe minstrel of his great master's poem : His trembling hand had lost the ease Which marks security to please; And scenes long past...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... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 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 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,... | |
| |
