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 Book of Nature - Seite 371von John Mason Good - 1826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 Seiten
...stood aghast z in speechless trance ; To arms! cried Mortimer k, and couch'd his 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 ; mountainous tract which the Welsh... | |
| William Wirt - 1805 - 144 Seiten
...introductory 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 ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air T) And with a Poet's hand and Prophet's fire, Struck the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 Seiten
...stood aghast in speechless trance: To arms! cried J Mortimer, and couch'd his 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, AVith haggard eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 Seiten
...of Timotheus in the Feast of Alexander, I contemplate with awful delight 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... | |
| 1809 - 402 Seiten
...his quivering lance. On a rock whose haughty brow Vnm us o'er old Conway's foaming flood, )-' 'i!>M in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streaui'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air); And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 Seiten
...stood aghast in speechless trance : To arms ! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quivering lance. I. 2. 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, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...hanghty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the sable garb of Woe, With haggard eye the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled airj And with a master's band and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark how each... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...|>oet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Str*an»M, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; BOOK II. t the billows and the sky. § 3. Edwin and Angdma. A Ballad. Goldsmith ' Tu»jr, g ' Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave ' Siglii to the torrent's awful voice beneath! ' O'er thee,... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 518 Seiten
...applied to the beard and hair of the Weljh Bard by Gray, has been deemed rather ludicrous: " Loofe his beard and hoary hair " Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air" Yet Gray may be defended by a paflage in the Perfian Tales of Inatulla, vol. ii. p. 41. " The circumference... | |
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