 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...lance. 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 mr-teor, to the troubled air*) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows... | |
 | Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 pages
...discrimination. . ' THE BARD. CHAP. I. • '- Rob'd in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood : And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. (,'ja* IjOUD howled the hollow blast, as it swept through the lofty cedars of the mountain Cwrn Ysom;... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...Sempronius says, " My voice is still for war. See what Addison says, Spectator, Vol. IV. No. 309. " (Loose his beard and hoary hair . .Stream?d like a meteor to the troubled air.)'" GRAY'S Bard. This simile seems to have been suggested by a passage in Milton, Par. Lost, b. I. where... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 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 beard and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air ;) And with a poet's hand and prophet's fire Struck the... | |
 | William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...High on a rock, whose haughty browFrowns o'er old Conwy s foaming flo. d, 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... | |
 | 1809 - 672 pages
...: " 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
...On a rock, whose haughty brow 15 Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his...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 - 1816 - 262 pages
...introduced. " On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Comvay'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 fire, Struck the... | |
 | William Wirt - 1829 - 250 pages
...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 hair " Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air:) " And with a poet's hand and prophet's fire, « Struck... | |
 | John Hughes - 1818 - 378 pages
...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 stood ; Loose his...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.... | |
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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... 
