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... Curiosities of Literature - Page 461by Isaac Disraeli - 1807Full view - About this book
| Art - 1798 - 580 pages
...thee." Gray tells us, that the image of Us «« SarJ," " Loofe his beard and hoary hair, Strtani'd like a METEOR to the troubled air," was taken from...Being, by Raphael. It is, however, remarkable, and (bmewhat ludicrous, that " The Btard" of Hudibras fs alfo compared to л mete»' ; and the accompanying... | |
| British periodicals - 1798 - 576 pages
...tb.ee." Gray tells n», that the image of his " Bard," •' Loofe his beard and hcsrv hair, Stream'dlike a METEOR to the troubled air," was taken from a picture of tlie Supreme Being, by Raphael. It is, however, remarkable, and fomewhat ludicrous, that " The Beard"... | |
| 1804 - 452 pages
...found in Shakespeare—" For men, like butterflies, show not their mealy wings but to the summer." Gray tells us, that the image of his Bard, " Loose his beard and hoary hair, streamed like a meteor t» the troubled air," was taken from a picture of the Supreme Being, by Raphael: it is, however, remarkable,... | |
| Henry Kett - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1805 - 340 pages
...affectingly represented by the masterly pencil of Reynolds. Gray, when describing the bard, says, • " Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air :" He is supposed to have recollected the celebrated picture of Raphael, at Florence, representing... | |
| William Wirt - Virginia - 1805 - 144 pages
...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 deep sorrows of his lyre. Guess my surprize,... | |
| Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 340 pages
...affectingly represented by the masterly pencil of Reynolds. Gray, when describing the bard, says, « Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air:" He is supposed to have recollected the celebrated picture of Raphael, at Florence, representing the... | |
| Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...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.... | |
| 1809 - 878 pages
...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 troubled air, And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." "The silent picture... | |
| Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 pages
...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 Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air ;) And with a poet's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of bis lyre." , * Guess my surprise,... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - English poetry - 1816 - 262 pages
...o'er old Comvay'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 fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." The Bard is represented... | |
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