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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... "
The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems and Correspondence, with ... - Page 47
by Thomas Gray - 1825 - 2 pages
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...Wales, that Edward I. ordered all the Bank to be put to death. On that tradition this Ode ia founded. And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre — " Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...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...wave, 25 Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; Vocal no more, since Cambria's fatal day, To high-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay. of Ezekiel....
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Half hours of English history, selected and illustr. by C. Knight, Volume 1

English history - 1851 - 706 pages
...(Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to tho troubled air) And with a master's baud and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his...how each giant oak, and desert cave, Sighs to the torreut'a awful voice beneath 1 O'er thee, oh king ! their hundred arms they wave, Revenge on thee...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; hem illustrated by Turner and Harvey ; and they continue to 4 Hark, how each giant oak, and desert cave, Sighg to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee,...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...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, 0 king ! their hundred arms they wave, Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; Vocal no more,...
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Studies from the English Poets

George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...eyes the poet stood : (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air4) 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,...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each

William Collins, Thomas Gray - 1852 - 332 pages
...earl of Gloucester and Hertford, son-in-law to King lid ward. | Edmondde Mortimer, lord of Wtemnre. And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. « Hark, how each ^ant oak, and desert cave, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee, oh king ! their...
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Notes and Queries

1852 - 1170 pages
...eyes the poet ttood, (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." Ordinary readers would have innocently supposed the above "pictured" passage beyond all praise or criticism....
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
...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...O'er thee, oh King! their hundred arms they wave, as Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe ; ''Vocal no more, since Cambria's fatal day, To high-born...
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Elegy Written in Country Churchyard and Other Poems

Thomas Gray - 1853 - 200 pages
...Wigmore. THE BARD. 115 (Loose his beard, and hoary hair1 Stream'd like a rneteo1, to the troubled air) And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire? Struck the deep sorrows of his lyr.e. " Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert-cave, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee, oh King ! their...
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