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The Patriotic Workman • 'Patriotic Workman' quotes Scott, Canto VI, as first three lines.
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[0] => 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; / The harp, his sole remaining joy, / Was carried by an orphan boy. / The last of all the Bards was he, / Who sung of Border chivalry; / For, welladay! their date was fled, / His tuneful brethren all were dead; / And he, neglected and oppress'd, / Wish'd to be with them, and at rest.
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