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" On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's... "
The Observer - Page 222
by Richard Cumberland - 1822
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...a meteor, to the troubled air. Shone, like a meteor, streaming to the wind. Milton's Paradise Lost. And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert-cave, " Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath! " O'er thee,...
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The Port Folio, Volume 2

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming llr,:>e , Rob'd in the sable garb of wo, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard,...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." It is sufficient to say, that West has done full justice to so noble a subject, and has been animated...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...expedition. (Loose his beard, and hoary hair / Stream'd, like a meteor m, to the troubled air)[13] And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert-cave, " Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! " O'er...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...tlie sable garb of Woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hairj Streara'd like a meteor to the troubled air§.) And with a master's hand and prophet's tke Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. * Hark how each giant oak and desert cave ' Sighs to the torrent's...
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The British Essayists;: Observer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...of Alexander, 1 contemplate with awful delight Gray's enthusiastic bard — On a rock, whose hanghty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd...the world as loud in defamation when living ; you arc now paying the debts of your predecessors, and atoning for their injustice ; posterity will in...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Marchers, whose lands lay on the borders of Wales, and probably accompanied the King in this expedition. And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave, ' Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath! ' O'er thee,...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of wo, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard,...Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert-cave, * Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! ' O'er...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streaui'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air); And with a master's...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark, how each giant-oak and drsert cave ' Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! ' O'er thee,...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...|>oet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Str*an»M, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; BOOK II. t the billows and the sky. § 3. Edwin and Angdma. A Ballad. Goldsmith ' Tu»jr, g ' Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave ' Siglii to the torrent's awful voice beneath! ' O'er thee,...
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...foe, By vain prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd. GRAY'S Odes, ' Bard. On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. GRAY'S Odes. Beauty. In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts, Is not th' exactness of peculiar parts:...
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