...old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe With haggard eyes the poet stood Streamed 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 desert cave " Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath! " O'er thee...

...the sable garb of wo, • With haggard eye» the poet stood, (Lome hu beard and hoar; air btream'd, like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's...hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of bit lyre. detail of the prophecy is too long for quotation ; but the following •rits, which form...

...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...prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre." Mr. Knight's Greek, as quoted in the Edinburgh Review, and as he, of course, originally wrote it, is...

...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, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thee,...

...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 air,) And with a master's...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,...

...woe. With haggard eyes the Poet stood — Loose his heard, and hoary hair Streamed, like an eteor, ants betray a niggard earth, Whose barren * Hark, how each giant oak, and desert cave, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! O'er thec,...

...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) And, with a matter's hand, and prophet's fire* Struck the deep sorrows of hit lyre." Mr. Knight's Greek, as quoted...

...in the sable garb of wo, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard and hoary hair Strenm'd, like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand and propnet'a fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. The detail of the prophecy is too long for quotation...

...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...prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre. The detail of the prophecy is too long for quotation ; but the following fragments, which form its...

...whole performance. It has been said that Gray caught the sublime idea of his impassioned Bard, who, " —(Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air) —with a master's hand and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre," from some work of...