| William Wirt - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...whose haughty brow, " Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, " Kobed in ihe sable garb of wo, ' " With haggard eyes the poet stood ; " ( Loose his beard...like a meteor, to the troubled air:) " And with a poet's hand and prophet's fire, « Struck the deep sorrow! of his iyre." Guess my surprise, when, on... | |
| Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1817 - 432 pages
...the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes tini 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... | |
| John Hughes - Druids and druidism - 1818 - 378 pages
...such seasons of calamity it wa^ and especially after the victories of the ruthless Edward, that RoVd 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... | |
| A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...old Conwa) 's foaming flood, " Robed in the sable garb of woe, M With haggard eyes the poet stood : M (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 his lyre." Guess my surprize, v/hen, on... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...his quivering lance. i 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... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...his quivering lance. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd hi the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Strearo'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - English poetry - 1820 - 548 pages
...this expedition. I. 2. 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 Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I. 2. 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 Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...couch'd his quivering lance. On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, llob'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... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...quiv'ring lance. I. 2. 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 bis beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a master's hand, and... | |
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