Gorgonised me from head to foot,
With a stony British stare.
Source: Maud, pt. 1, sct. 13, st. 2.
-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, (Aug 6 1809-1892), English poet; He was the Poet Laureate, 1850-92 who wrote Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 and Idylls of the King, 1885.