The Minstrel With the Selfsame Song

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Excerpt from The Minstrel With the Selfsame Song: And Other Poems The Minstrel. The day was young, and all the freshness of the dewy morning, On early summer meadows sparkled in the sun's bright sheen, When, as if risen from the earth, and without note of warning, That strange, fantastic figure stood upon the village green. Within his hand he held a pilgrim's staff, all gnarled and twisted, His ruddy face a smile of gentle melancholy wore, From 'neath a plumed courtier's cap, gray locks waved as they listed, With changeful breezes, - in his arm an ancient harp he bore. Of noble mien and port, like princely forms that, on the pages Of blurred and tattered parchments, in gray cloisters still endure, - Clad in forgotten garb that tokened long since vanished ages, Such was this wandering minstrel wight - half monk, half troubadour. Grayhaired, yet keen of eye, in him youth and old age seemed blended, Like some quaint, dusty portrait stepping from an ancient frame, He suddenly appeared and sang his song, and when he wended His way from thence, no one knew whither, - nor from whence he came. On holy Sabbath days he sought some unfrequented village, Not for applause he sang, nor as one reckoning on reward, - Where lowly folk found refuge from the week's bleak toil and tillage, There did his harp resound in soft, sad, minor monochord. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.