 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
 | 1854 - 598 pagina’s
...Repton, FSA with early England. When Gray would depict the extreme misery of his bard, he says — Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air. How, again, did the hand of Michael Angelo revel in the creation of the beard of Moses ? What other... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pagina’s
...Repton, FSA with early England. When Gray would depict the extreme misery of bis bard, he says — Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air. How, again, did the hand of Michael Angelo revel in the creation of the beard of Moses ? What other... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pagina’s
...a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Con way's foaming flood, E-obed 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,... | |
 | 1855 - 458 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,... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 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,...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 the giant oak, and... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 542 pagina’s
...havqhty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, AVith haggard eye the poet stood. Loose his beard and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air." — [Gray.] Of these lines, the two first present a picture which the imagination naturally views from... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 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,...Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and poet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. Hark how each giant oak and desert... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 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,...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 Buell Sprague - 1858 - 684 pagina’s
...Gray's introductory picture of his bard : ' On a rock whose haughty brow, ' Frowns o'er old Comvay's foaming flood, ' Robed in the sable garb of wo, '...my arrival at Richmond, and mentioning the name of ibis man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of James Waddel !" FROM THE REV. WILLIAM... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pagina’s
...whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With hnggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair...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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