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... The Real Blake: A Portrait Biography - Page 282by Edwin John Ellis - 1907 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I. 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 (I) Stream'd,likeameteor(flz,),to the troubled air) [3] (i) Stout Glo'ster stood aghast Gilbert dc... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I. 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 (I) Stream'd,likeameteorfm^, to the troubled air) [13] (i) Stout Glo'ster stood aghast Gilbert de Clare,... | |
| 1809 - 572 pages
...rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming llr,:>e , Rob'd in the sable garb of wo, 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... | |
| British essayists - 1803 - 300 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 Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the... | |
| William Wirt - 1804 - 120 pages
...picture of his bard : 9s *-58<-fe 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 Poet's hand and Prophet's fire. struck the... | |
| John Evans - 1804 - 482 pages
...which circumstance the elegant Gray has availed himself to give a graver note to his Doric reed: " Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough, The character of hell to trace. * He hoped that the sanctity of... | |
| William Wirt - 1805 - 144 pages
...picture of his Bard, na rock, whose haughty brow, Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, I.oh'il in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood...hair, Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air T) And with a Poet's hand and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. Guess my surprize,... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 pages
...affectingly represented by the masterly pencil of Reynolds. Gray, when describing the bard, says, • " Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air :" He is supposed to have recollected the celebrated picture of Raphael, at Florence, representing... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 pages
...affectingly represented by the masterly pencil of Reynolds. Gray, when describing the bard, says, « Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air:" He is supposed to have recollected the celebrated picture of Raphael, at Florence, representing the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I. 2. Ou a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming Rood, Rob'd in tlie sable garb of Woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hairj Streara'd like a meteor to the troubled air§.) And with a master's hand and prophet's tke Struck... | |
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