 | James Augustus Hessey - 1849 - 216 pages
...couch'd his quivering 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 Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...seventh book of Pope's 'Odyssey ':— By Neptune's amorous power comprest. jrray has the lines : — Loose his beard and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air. He acknowledges Milton's line : — Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind, fie was indebted to... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foamy flood, Rob'd in the sable garb of woe, THE STANDARD ELOCUTIONIST. And with a master's hand and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre, " Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert'cave, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee, O king ! their... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...couch'dhis quivering lance. 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;) 1 It was a common tradition in Wales, that Edward I.... | |
 | William Blake - 1893 - 456 pages
...The Bard, from Gray. On a rock whose haughty brow Frown'd o'er old Conway's foaming flood Robed in sable garb of woe With haggard eyes the Poet stood...hair, Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air, Weave the warp and weave the woof The winding sheet of Edward's race. Weaving the winding sheet of... | |
 | Robert Welch - History - 1988 - 226 pages
...currency for a long time: 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 the... | |
 | David V. Erdman - Art - 1991 - 628 pages
...Edward and his entire line: On a rock, whose haughty brow Frown'd 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. Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of... | |
 | John Dixon Hunt - Architecture - 1992 - 414 pages
...suitable Snowdonia scenery: O« 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...Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. "Hark, how each giant-oak and desert cave Sighs to the torrent's awßtl voice beneath!" Gray's admiration for this... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Cambria's tears!' (1. 6—8) 3 On a rock, whose haughty brow. Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed Hazen (1. 1-4) 4 Modred, whose magic song Made huge Plinlimmon bow his cloud-topped head. (1. 5-6) 5 '"Weave... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 304 pages
...stanzas had already been anticipated by Gray's "Bard," to which Keble clearly owes a debt—compare "Loose his beard and hoary hair / Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air." 170 The originality of the poem inheres in its cunning stanza, where after all the statuesque prophecy,... | |
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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... 
