...thee." Gray tells us, that the image of Us «« SarJ," " Loofe his beard and hoary hair, Strtani'd like a METEOR to the troubled air," was taken from...Being, by Raphael. It is, however, remarkable, and (bmewhat ludicrous, that " The Btard" of Hudibras fs alfo compared to л mete»' ; and the accompanying...

...tb.ee." Gray tells n», that the image of his " Bard," •' Loofe his beard and hcsrv hair, Stream'dlike a METEOR to the troubled air," was taken from a picture of tlie Supreme Being, by Raphael. It is, however, remarkable, and fomewhat ludicrous, that " The Beard"...

...found in Shakespeare—" For men, like butterflies, show not their mealy wings but to the summer." Gray tells us, that the image of his Bard, " Loose his beard and hoary hair, streamed like a meteor t» the troubled air," was taken from a picture of the Supreme Being, by Raphael: it is, however, remarkable,...

...affectingly represented by the masterly pencil of Reynolds. Gray, when describing the bard, says, • " Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air :" He is supposed to have recollected the celebrated picture of Raphael, at Florence, representing...

...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,...

...affectingly represented by the masterly pencil of Reynolds. Gray, when describing the bard, says, « Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air:" He is supposed to have recollected the celebrated picture of Raphael, at Florence, representing the...

...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....

...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...

...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,...

...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...