Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Minstrel
The way was long, the wind was cold,
The minstrel was infirm and old;
His wither’d cheek, and tresses grey,
Seem’d to have known a better day.
Walter Scott.—Introduction to the Last Minstrel.
The last of all the bards was he
Who sung of border chivalry.
Walter Scott.—Introduction to the Last Minstrel. Line 7.