 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 706
...Good, When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. * l-Yuncli Scott, Earl of Bucclench, father of the Duchess. t Walter, Earl of Bucclench, grandfather... | |
 | 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...When he kept court at Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along ; The present scene,... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 178
...When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try, The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighted up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 192
...much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody . Amid-the-strings his fingers stray'd And an uncertain warbling made , And oft he shook...wild , The old man raised his face and smiled ; And lighted-up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong , He swept... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 680
...When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared to try The_ long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook hia hoary head. • Prauds Scott, Earl of Bucclcuch, father of the Duchess. t Walter, Earl of Bncclench,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...Good, When he kept court at Holyrood; And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed. And an uncertain...smiled, And lightened up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along : The present scene,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 792
...When he kept court at Holyrood ;« And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed. And an uncertain...when he caught the measure wild. The old man raised bis face, and smiled ; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 656
...much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his finger stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, lie swept... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 1204
...Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his finger And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure The old man raised his face, and And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy ! In varying... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 670
...kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try Amid the strings his fingers stray'd. And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled . With all a poet's ecstasy ! And lighten'd up his faded eye, In varying cadence, soft or strong, The... | |
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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... 
