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...strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made— And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled; And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's extacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept...

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...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...toils, his wants, were all 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...

...lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's extacy 1 In varying cadence, soft or strong, He ^wept the sounding chords along : The present scene, ,the...toils, his wants, were all forgot : Cold diffidence, and age's frost, In the full tide of song were lost j Each blank, in faithless memory void, The poet's...

...strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made — And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, 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 strings his fingers strayed. And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face and smiled j And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's extacy ! In varying cadence, soft or strong, He...

...raised hie face, and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye, With all a poet's eestacy ! In varyirrg cadence, 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...

...The Old-Man rais'd his face and smil'd, And lighten'd up his brilliant eye* With all a Poet's extasy. In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding...toils, his wants, were all forgot ; Cold diffidence and age's frost In the lull tide of song were lost." * HJS sijht is remarkably good. The venerable...

...the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, 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...