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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... "
Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ... - Page 177
by Henry Kett - 1805
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The Letters of the British Spy

William Wirt - 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,...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 pages
...Dear as these eyes, that weep in fondness o'er thee." Gray tells us that the image of his " Bard " Loose his beard and hoary hair, Streamed like a METEOR to the troubled air, was taken from a picture of the supreme being by Raphael. It is however remarkable, and somewhat ludicrous,...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine: I. Ancient ...

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....
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The Monthly anthology, and Boston review, Volumes 6-7

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...
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Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ...

Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 pages
...Grecian painters caught many of their finest ideas from poets and historians. The imagination of JPhidias was aided in forming his Olympian Jupiter by the sublime...enchantment, carries us beyond ourselves, and either transports us into the midst of the most delightful scenery, or places us by the side of saints, martyrs,...
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The pulpit; or, A biographical and literary account of eminent ..., Volume 2

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,...
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Readings on Poetry

Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 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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Philosophical Essays

Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 pages
...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 :...
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The Letters of the British Spy

William Wirt - 1829 - 250 pages
...Conway's foaming flood, " Kobed in ihe sable garb of wo, ' " 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 sorrow! of his iyre." Guess my surprise,...
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The Republican Compiler: Comprising a Series of Scientific, Descriptive ...

A citizen of Pittsburgh - 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,...
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