 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...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 431edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...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 mr-teor, to the troubled air*) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...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... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 pages
...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...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, when, on... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1813 - 204 pages
...foaming flood, "Robed in the sable garb of wo, ** With hagard eyes the poet stood; B (Loose his be aid 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 surprise, when, on... | |
 | William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...on a rock, whose haughty browFrowns o'er old Conwy s foaming flo. d, 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... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 672 pages
...On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er'old Conway's foaming flow!, Rnb'd in the sable garb of woe. With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Slream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled airl And with a master's hand, and prophet's firf Struck the... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - English poetry - 1816 - 262 pages
...On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Comvay's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood. Loose his beard...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." The Bard is represented standing In black robes on a rock that hung over the river Conway. Haughty brow.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1816 - 644 pages
...brow " Froicas o'er old Conway's foaming flood, " Robed in the sable garb of woo, " With haggard eye the poet stood. '• Loose his beard and hoary hair " Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air." Of these lines, the two first present a picture which the imagination naturally views from below :... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...rock, whose haughty brow 15 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) 20 And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...his bard. "On a rock, whose haughty brow, " Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, " Kobed in ihe sable garb of wo, ' " With haggard eyes the poet stood...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... | |
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