 | 1782 - 516 pàgines
...' To arms !' cry'd Mortimer f, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance. I. 2. On a rock, whofe haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the fable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet ftood ; » Gilbert De Clare, furnamed the Red, Earl of Gloucefter aqd Hertford, fon-in-law to King... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1782 - 438 pàgines
...this expedition. G. I. z. On a rock, whofe haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood,Robed in the fable garb of woe, 'With haggard eyes the Poet flood; h (Loofe his beard, and hoary hair Stream-'d, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a Mafter's... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pàgines
...: To arms ! cried § Mortimer, and couch'd his quivering lance. I. 2. On a rock, whofe haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the fable garb of woe, With huggard eyes the Poet flood ; (|| Loofe his beard, and hoary hair ** Stream'd, like a meteor, to the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pàgines
...trance ! To arms ! cry'd Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance. I. г. On a rock, whofe haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the fable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the ¿wet ftood ; (Loofe his beard, and hoary hair Strcam'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And, with... | |
 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pàgines
...this expedition. I. 2. On a rock, whofe haughty brow i| Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the fable garb of woe,' With haggard eyes the Poet...hair (Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) 20 And with a Mafter's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep forrows of his lyre. • Hark, how... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1797 - 188 pàgines
...aims! cry'd Mortimer. ( d ) andcouch'd his I. 2. quiv'rjng lance. On a rock, whofe haughty hrovr i£ Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood ; Rob'd in the fable garb of Wo, fLoofe his beard and hoary hair (e) Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air^ * 20 And w/th a... | |
 | 1798 - 552 pàgines
...were, the picture of Gray, in which he paints the venerable figure of one of the 'Welch poets : -. ..." Loofe his beard and hoary hair, '' Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air." If it happened to rain, he would make l.ii attendants get into the poft-chaife, obfervmg, " that they... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1798 - 130 pàgines
...o'er old Conway's foaming ftood, Rob'd in the fable garb of Wo, With haggard eyes the poet ftood ; (Loofe his beard, and hoary hair* Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,f) 40 § Snowdon was a name given by the Saxons to that mountainous track which the Welfii themfelves... | |
 | Public characters - 1799 - 422 pàgines
...it were, the piaure of Gray, in which he paints the venerable figure of one of the Welch poets : " Loofe his beard and hoary hair, " Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air." If it happened to rain, he would make his attendants get into the poflchaife, obferving, " that they... | |
 | 1799 - 616 pàgines
...for ¡nftance. Wearetold,ttat " On a rock, whofe haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's roaming flouJ, Rob'd in the fable garb of woe, With haggard eyes, the poet ftood ;" and after breathing vengeance on the race of Edward, and weaving " with bloody hands the tiffueof... | |
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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 fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. 
