 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 sivua
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 sivua
...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 like a meteor to the troubled air) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 sivua
...Marchers, whose lands lay on the borders of Wales, and probably accompanied the King in this expedition. And with a Master's hand, and 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 thee, oh King ! their... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 sivua
...Dear as these eyes, that weep in fondness o'er thee." Gray tells us that the image of his " Bard " Loose his beard and hoary hair, Streamed like a METEOR to the troubled air, was taken from a picture of the supreme being by Raphael. It is however remarkable, and somewhat ludicrous,... | |
 | 1809 - 878 sivua
...Conwaj's foaming flood, Kob'd in the sable garb of wo, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; Loose hid beard and hoary hair, Streamed like a- meteor to the...prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." "The silent picture of the painter is more vivid and impressive than the spcuking picture of the poet.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 sivua
...|>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, gentle Hermit of i giant-oak, and desert cave ' Siglii to the torrent's awful voice beneath! ' O'er thee, O king ! their... | |
 | 1809 - 402 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1809 - 562 sivua
...Sempronius says, " My voice is still for tear." jSee what Addison says, Spectator, Vol. IV. No. 309, " (Loose his beard and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air.J" GRAY'S Bard. This simile seems to have been suggested by a passage ia Milton, Par. Lost. b.... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 sivua
...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 the troubled air) And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 sivua
...woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard', and hoary hair Stream'd, like a mr-teor, s did, and giant-oak, and desert cave, Schs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'erthee.oh king! their hundred... | |
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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 Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's... 
