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 : Each blank, in faithless memory void,... The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 1961806Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...With all a poet's extacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along; The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his...responsive rung, 'Twas thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. CANTO FIRST. I. THE feast was over in Branksome tower, And the Ladye... | |
| English literature - 1805 - 570 pages
...With all a poet's extacy. 1 In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along. The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his...diffidence and age's frost In the full tide of song were lest. Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1805 - 692 pages
...citacy i In varying cadence, foft or ftrong, He fwept the founding chords along ; The prefent fcene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's froft, In the full tide of fong were loft. Each blank, in faithlefs memory void, The poet's glowing... | |
| 1805 - 752 pages
...! In varying cadence, foft or ftrong, He fwept the founding chords along ; - • The prefent fcene, the future lot, His toils, his wants were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's froft, Jn the full tide of fong were loft. Each blank in faithlefs memory void, The poet's glowing... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 788 pages
...The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied j And, while his harp responsive rung, 'Twos thus the LATEST MINSTRZI, sung. P. 12. Those, who have... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806 - 350 pages
...With all a poet's extacy 1 In varying cadence, soft or strong, He ^wept the sounding chords along : The present scene, ,the future lot, His toils, his...and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost j Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied ; And, while his harp responsive... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 796 pages
...With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along ; The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his...forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the fall tide of song were lost. Each 1 1! i nk , in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought... | |
| Walter Scott - Fore-edge painting - 1806 - 342 pages
...With all a poet's extacy ! 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 ages frost, In the full tide of song were lost ; Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...soft or strong-, He swept the sounding chords along ; The present scene, the ftiture lot, Hi» toib, his wants, were all forgot ; Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the ftiH tide of song were lost. Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's glowing thought supplied... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1810 - 780 pages
...eye* With all a Poet's extasy. In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along. The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his...all forgot ; Cold diffidence and age's frost In the lull tide of song were lost." * HJS sijht is remarkably good. The venerable object of this public testimony... | |
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