 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...couch'd his quivering lance. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old runway'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... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...vain prosperity receiv'd, To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd. GRAY'S Odes, ' 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...Glo'ster* stood aghast in speechless trance: To arms! cried Mortimer6, and couch'd his quiTering 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... | |
 | Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 pages
...launches his little bark into the ocean of public 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... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 pages
...reminds me of the emotions produced by the first sight of Gray's introductory picture of his 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... | |
 | William Wirt - 1813 - 204 pages
...reminds me of the emotions produced by the first sight of Cray's introductory picture of his bard. "On a rock, whose haughty brow, " Frowns o'er old...Conway's foaming flood, "Robed in the sable garb of wo, ** With hagard eyes the poet stood; B (Loose his be aid and hoary hair ** Streamed, like a meteor,... | |
 | 1809 - 672 pages
...sentiment, to those verses : " 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... | |
 | William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...suited to such a scene. 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... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1816 - 262 pages
...Minstrel, the borderers are finely introduced. " On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Comvay's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." The Bard is represented standing In black robes on a rock that hung over the river Conway. Haughty... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...and probably accompanied the king in this expedition. GRAY. I. 2. On a rock, whose haughty brow 15 Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the...the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) 20 And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
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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... 
