 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I. 2. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair (I) Stream'd,likeameteor(flz,),to the troubled air) [3] (i) Stout Glo'ster stood aghast Gilbert dc... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I. 2. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair (I) Stream'd,likeameteorfm^, to the troubled air) [13] (i) Stout Glo'ster stood aghast Gilbert de Clare,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...— On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the sable garb.of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his...prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. Let the living muses speak for themselves; I have all the warmth of a friend, but not the presumption... | |
 | William Wirt - United States - 1804 - 120 pages
...picture of his bard : 9s *-58<-fe whose haughty brow frowns o'er old Conway^s foaming flood, rob'd in the sable garb of woe, with haggard eyes the poet...stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air '.) and with a Poet's hand and Prophet's fire. struck the deep sorrow en his lyre. Guess my surprise when, on my arrival... | |
 | 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 thee, oh King ! their... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1805 - 144 pages
...introductory picture of his Bard, na rock, whose haughty brow, Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, I.oh'il in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air T) And with a Poet's hand and Prophet's fire, Struck the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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...cave ' Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath! « O'er thce, O King! their hundred arms they wave, * Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe; '... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...Gray's enthusiastic bard— On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet...prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. Let the living muses speak for themselves; I have all the warmth of a friend, but not the presumption... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, AVith haggard eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and...hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) * Snmedon was a name given by the Saxons to that mountainous tract which the Welch themselves call... | |
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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... 
