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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... "
The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers - Page 284
by British essayists - 1803
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The general reciter; a unique selection of the most admired and popular ...

General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of wo, With haggard eyes the poet stood : (Loose his beard,...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...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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 Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck...
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Aspects of Eighteenth Century Nature Poetry

Cecil Victor Deane - 1967 - 166 pages
...painter: 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...hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air)1 were suggested in fact by a picture of Raphael's, as Gray's note testifies. Collins is generally...
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Complete Writings: With Variant Readings

William Blake - 1966 - 964 pages
..."On a rock, whose haughty brow "Frown'd 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. "Weave the warp, and weave the woof, "The winding sheet of Edward's race." Weaving the winding sheet...
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The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical, Volume 2

William Blake - 1893 - 456 pages
...from Gray. On a rock whose haughty brow Frown'd o'er old Conway's foaming flood Robed in sable garb of woe With haggard eyes the Poet stood : Loose his beard, and hoary hair, Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air, Weave the warp and weave the woof The winding sheet of...
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A History of Verse Translation from the Irish, 1789-1897

Robert Welch - 1988 - 226 pages
...time: 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...Prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. These 'deep sorrows' struck a note which vibrated through the remaining decades of the eighteenth century....
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Blake: Prophet Against Empire

David V. Erdman - 1991 - 628 pages
...line: On a rock, whose haughty brow Frown'd 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 Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air. Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of Edward's race.88 The effect of the bard's...
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Gardens and the Picturesque: Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture

John Dixon Hunt - 1992 - 414 pages
...OĢ 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 fire, Struck...
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Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art ...

Roberta J. M. Olson, Jay M. Pasachoff - 1999 - 412 pages
...father Edward II, as the scourge [Fig. 42] utilizes Gray's description: Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood; (Loose his beard and hoary hair Stream'd, like meteors, to the troubled air). In his illustration, Blake transferred the meteor image from the hair...
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The Making of Percy's Reliques

Nick Groom - 1999 - 310 pages
...Percy On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed m the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard and hoary hait Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled ait) And, with a master's hand and prophet's fire, Struck...
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