 The humble boon was soon obtained: The aged 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 tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the...  The Modern Review - Page 5431882Full view - About this book
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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...of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. * Ann, Duchess of Buccleuch and Monmoutb. The pitying Duchess... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wish'd his boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks...of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain ! The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...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...of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...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...of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitving duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wish'd his boon denied ! For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease Which marks security...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 330 pages
...with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wish'd his boon denied : For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks...of joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain — He tried to tune his harp in vain! The pitying Duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 492 pages
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 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 538 pages
...the pipes which he had received from Sir Walter; but, likethe minstrel of his great master's poem : His trembling hand had lost the ease Which marks security...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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...with all her ladies, sate, Perchance he wish'd his boon denied: For, when to tune his harp he tried, His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks...joy and pain, Came wildering o'er his aged brain— He tried to tune his harp in vain. The pitying duchess praised its chime, And gave him heart, and gave... | |
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