 Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering Harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door, And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear.  The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Page 7by Walter Scott - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1805 - 344 pages
...changed, old manners gone, A stranger filled the Stuarts' throne ; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door ; And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp, a King had loved... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 254 pages
...throne ; The higots of the iron time Had ealled his haradess art a erime. A wandering Harper, seorned and poor, He hegged his hread from door to door; And...where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's hirehen hower: The minstrel gazed with wishful eyeNo humhler resting-plaee was nigh. With hesitating... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...manners gone ; A stranger filled the Stuarts' throne ; The bigots of the iron time • , . ' /. .- '. Had called his harmless art a crime. :' • , • A wandering Harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door ; And tuned, to please & peasant's ear* The harp, a king had loved... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...were changed, old manners gone; A stranger filled the Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering Harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door; And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp, a king had loved... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...changed, old manners gone , A stranger filled the Stuarts' throne ; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering Harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door ; ' And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp, a king had loved... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...changed, old manners gone ; A stranger filled the Stuarts' throne ; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering Harper, scorned and poor., He begged his bread from door to door ; And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp, a king had loved... | |
 | 1821 - 662 pages
...affections. Such subjects had interest every where; the poet accordingly became the favourite of all ranks, And tuned to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had deign'd to hear. This may truly he styled the splendid age of Teutonic poetry, blending the narrative... | |
 | 1821 - 656 pages
...affections. Such subjects had interest every where; the poet accordingly became the favourite of all ranks, And tuned to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had deign'd to hear. This may truly be styled the splendid age of Teutonic poetry, blending the narrative... | |
 | 1822 - 690 pages
...affections. Such subjects had interest every where ; the poet accordingly became the favourite of all ranks, And tuned to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had deign'd to hear. This may truly be styled the splendid age of Teutonic poetry, blending the narrative... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 354 pages
...time Had call'd his harmless art a crime. A wandering Harper, scorn'd and poor, He begg'd his bread from door to door And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear. He pass'd where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower : The Minstrel gazed with... | |
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