Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that... Author, Playwright and Composer - Page 831907Full view - About this book
| English essays - 1821 - 712 pages
...that Michael e of the most successful ;he Ottava Rima. The poem these extracts arc made is en1821. MS Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart. And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. — Eng . Bards. On KirkeJVhite. Waller. — That eagle's fate and mine are one. Who on the shaft that... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 108 pages
...the sacred functions he was destined to assume. So the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own...feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, W4iile the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 74 pages
...more through rolling clouds to soar again, 57O Viewed his own. feather on the fatal dart And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 110 pages
...the sacred functions he was destined to assume. So the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own...nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. N. There be, who say in these enlightened days That splendid lies are all the poets praise ; 830 That... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 106 pages
...heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel j While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be who say, in these enlightened 'days, That splendid lies are all the poet's praise ; That strained... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 pages
...helped to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...helped to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd... | |
| Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,. Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1814 - 88 pages
...wound that laid thee low : So the struek eagle stretehed upon the plain, No more through rolling elouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal...that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, hut keener far to feel He nursed the p,nion whieh impelled the steel | ri *, *?. G,iffor<1 promised... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...White, as the ground of an illustration : — "So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged Hie shaft that quivered in his heart ! Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion... | |
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