 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 Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air...  The Letters of the British Spy - Pagina 194door William Wirt - 1899 - 260 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - 1846 - 242 pagina’s
...desolators of his country —realizing the noble picture of the poet— " Robed in sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood, (Loose his beard...Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air) ; And, with a master's hand and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." OKAY. The reign of the celebrated... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pagina’s
...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,...Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master.s hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how each giant oak,... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1847 - 378 pagina’s
...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...Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air, And with a master's hand and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre ! " Passing by the Abbey, the... | |
 | 1894 - 664 pagina’s
...seventh book of Pope's 'Odyssey ':— By Neptune's amorous power comprest. jrray has the lines : — Loose his beard and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air. He acknowledges Milton's line : — Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind, fie was indebted to... | |
 | John Milton, James Prendeville - 1850 - 452 pagina’s
...of Hie fallen angels. * The following passage of Gray has been quoted as an imitation, of Ibis : " Loose his beard, and hoary hair, Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air." 1 think the following passage in Campbell's "Pleasures of Hope" is much more appropriate .— " \Vbera... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1851 - 518 pagina’s
...life, Dear as these eyes that weep in fondness o'er ihee.' Gray tells us that the image of bis ' Bard* Loose his beard and hoary hair, Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air,* was taken from a picture of the Supreme Being by Raphael. It is, however, remarkable, and somewhat... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray - 1852 - 332 pagina’s
...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,...hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air); * This OHe is founded on a tradition current in Wales, thai jgdward tie First, when he completed the... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...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,...hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air4) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pagina’s
...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,...Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how each giant oak,... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 pagina’s
...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,...Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how each giant-oak,... | |
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