...tlie sable garb of Woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hairj Streara'd like a meteor to the troubled air§.) And with a master's hand and prophet's tke Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. * Hark how each giant oak and desert cave ' Sighs to the torrent's...

...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...prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. Let the living muses speak for themselves ; I have all the warmth of a friend, but not the presumption...

...o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, AVith haggard eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air) * Snmedon was a name given by the Saxons to that mountainous tract which the Welch themselves call...

...o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of wo, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a...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...

...the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streaui'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air); And with a master's...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark, how each giant-oak and drsert cave ' Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! ' O'er thee,...

...|>oet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Str*an»M, like a meteor, to the troubled air) ; BOOK II. t the billows and the sky. § 3. Edwin and Angdma. A Ballad. Goldsmith ' Tu»jr, g ' Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave ' Siglii to the torrent's awful voice beneath! ' O'er thee,...

...applied to the beard and hair of the Weljh Bard by Gray, has been deemed rather ludicrous: " Loofe his beard and hoary hair " Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air" Yet Gray may be defended by a paflage in the Perfian Tales of Inatulla, vol. ii. p. 41. " The circumference...

...o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Rob'd in the sable garb of Woe, With haggard eye the poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled airj And with a master's band and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. ' Hark how each...

...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...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. GRAY'S Odes. Beauty. In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts, Is not th' exactness of peculiar parts:...

...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...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. " Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave, S'shs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'erthec,...