 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; of transport trembling on the tongue, Too strong for utterance. Thus the hi» lyre. ' Hark, how each giant oak, and desert cave, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...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...to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee, O king ! their hundred arms they wave, Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; Vocal no more,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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...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!4 their hundred... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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...to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee, O king, their hundred arms they wave, Eevenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; Vocal no more, since... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - 1846 - 242 pages
...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." OKAY. The reign of the celebrated monarch, Brian Boru, in the tenth century, served, like that Of Alfred... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's tire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre ' Hark, how each...O'er thee, oh King ! their hundred arms they wave, Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe 1 Vocal no more, since Cambria's fatal day, To high-born... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...eye the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air1,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck...desert cave Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; O'er thee, O King ! their hundred arms they •wave,... | |
 | James Augustus Hessey - 1849 - 216 pages
...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 deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave, Sighs to the torrent's aweful voice beneath ! O'er thee, oh king! their... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 pages
...eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair Strearn'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire. Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark how each giant-onk, and desert cave, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee, O King! their hundred... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
