 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...his quivering lance. 1.2. 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 | Stream'd, like a meteor, 1 to the troubled air) And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I.— 2. 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 fire, Struck... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...believed original, one at Florence, the other at Paris. ' Shone, like a meteor, streaming to the wind. 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 hundred... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 754 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 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 fire Struck the... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...of the British bard : " On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rolled 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 j And with a master's hand and prophet's fire, Struck the... | |
 | William Coxe - Artists - 1823 - 320 pages
...description of the British Bard: 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 fire, Struck the... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 370 pages
...Gray's enthusiastic bard— On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rnb'd 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 fire Struck the... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 416 pages
...for Dryden. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old'Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the snble garb of woe. With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard and hoary hair Sfream'd like a meteor to the troubled air) And with a master's band and prophet's fire Struck the... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Puet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; And with a master's...Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave, S igha to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee, oh king 1 their... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1824 - 536 pages
...Dear as these eyes that weep in fondness o'er thee." Gray tells us that the image of his " 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... | |
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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 Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's... 
