 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 pągines
...: To arm«! cried f Mortimer, and couch'd his quivering lance. I. ī. 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; (Ķ J.oofe hi« beard, and hoary hair 4 Stream 'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with... | |
 | 1809 - 572 pągines
...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 deep sorrows of his lyre." It is sufficient to say, that... | |
 | 1801 - 606 pągines
...the pifture of Gray, in which he paints the venerable figure of one oi' the Welch poets : — — " Loofe his beard and hoary hair, " Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air." be rendered tepid by means of the rays of the fun only 5 it is immediately adjoining to his houfe,... | |
 | 1802 - 314 pągines
...Before we leave this fubject, we are tempted to obferve, that an admired paflage in « The Bard," " Loofe his beard and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air," has always appeared to us as an attempt, which, having overfhotths fublime, had fallen into the burlefque.... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pągines
...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 deep sorrows of his lyre. Let the living muses speak for... | |
 | William Wirt - 1804 - 120 pągines
...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 deep sorrow en his lyre. Guess my surprise when, on my arrival... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pągines
...lance. I. z. On a rock whofe haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the (able garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet flood (Loofe his beard, and hoary hair Strtam'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; Boo i H. And with a mafter's hanH, and prophet's fire,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 pągines
...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 deep sorrows of his lyre. Let the living muses speak for... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pągines
...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 troubled air) * Snmedon was a name given by the Saxons to that mountainous tract which the Welch themselves call... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pągines
...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 the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark, how each giant-oak,... | |
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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. 
