| English literature - 1809 - 672 pages
...sentiment, to those verses : " On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er'old Conway's foaming flow!, Rnb'd in the sable garb of woe. With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Slream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled airl And with a master's hand, and prophet's firf Struck the... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...and probably accompanied the king in this expedition. GRAY. I. 2. On a rock, whose haughty brow 15 Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the...hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) 20 And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. NOTES. Ver. 15.... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - English poetry - 1816 - 262 pages
...Minstrel, the borderers are finely introduced. " On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Comvay's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With...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... | |
| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1817 - 432 pages
...brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Uob'd in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes tini poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair Stream'd...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 - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...reminds me of the emotions produced by the first' sight of Gray's introductory picture of his bard. "On a rock, whose haughty brow, " Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, " Kobed in ihe sable garb of wo, ' " With haggard eyes the poet stood ; " ( Loose his beard and hoary... | |
| John Hughes - Druids and druidism - 1818 - 378 pages
...such seasons of calamity it wa^ and especially after the victories of the ruthless Edward, that RoVd in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet...prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. But still there are not wanting a few among the mountains of Cambria, possessed of the poetic flame.... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...Glo'ster stood aghast in speechless trance : To. arms ! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quivering lance. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd hi the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...whose lands lay on the bordera of Wa!ei, and probably accompanied the King in this expedition. I. 2. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's...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... | |
| John Trumbull - American poetry - 1820 - 228 pages
...air ; While rifle-frocks drove Gen'rals cap'ring, And Red-coatsf shrunk from leathern apron, • * Loose his beard and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air- Gray. f An American cant name for the British troops, taken from the color of their uniform. And epaulette... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...stood aghast in speechless trance : "To arms!" cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance. I. 2. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. Ver. 11. of Snowdon's shaggy side] Snowdon was a name given hi the Saxons to that mountainous tract... | |
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