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" That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. "
The Birds of Aristophanes - Page 177
by Aristophanes - 1864 - 236 pages
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The Poems of Edmund Waller, Volume 1

Edmund Waller - 1989 - 256 pages
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...nature, moulding men. r. TENNYSON — In Memoriam. CXXIV. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, RTON — The Lady of La Qaraye. Pt. II. L. 381. Far in a wild, unknown ». EDMUND WALLER — To a Lady Singing a Song of his Composing. Ep. XIV. I saw him even now going...
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Lyrical Verse from Elizabeth to Victoria: Selected and Edited with Notes and ...

Oswald Crawfurd - 1896 - 494 pages
...spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints return'd, Not for reflection of his face,...
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Dictionary of Quotations: (English)

Philip Hugh Dalbiac - Quotations, English - 1897 - 526 pages
...loving." SHAEESPKAKE. Othello (Desdemona), Act V., Sc. II. " That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." WALLER. To a Lady Singing a Song of his Composing. " So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain,...
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Mr. Thackeray's Writings in "The National Standard," and "Constitutional."

William Makepeace Thackeray, Sebastian Evans - English literature - 1899 - 342 pages
...equally against them. — They may cry out with old Waller " That eagle's fate and mine are one Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." The careless or timid policy which allowed the laws against the press, which changed the constitution...
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British Anthologies, Volume 6

Edward Arber - English poetry - 1899 - 336 pages
...a Spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching I am caught! That eagle's fate and mine is one! Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had ECHO, with so sweet a grace, NARCISSUS' loud complaints returned; Not for reflection of his face,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pages
...tumbles down before it is roofed in." In his triumph 1 " That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which in the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so which she has taken, about five miles from the castle, and to make gardens and other ornaments there...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...snowy breast. On a Lady passing through a Crowd of People. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.4 To a Lady siaging a Song of hit Composiny. 1 'T is long since Death had the majority. — BLAIE...
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The Yellowplush Correspondence: Jeames's Diary ; The Great Hoggarty Diamond, Etc

William Makepeace Thackeray - English fiction - 1903 - 544 pages
...equally against them. — They may cry out with old Waller ' That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.' The careless or timid policy which allowed the laws against the press, which changed the constitution...
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The Poems of Edmund Waller, Volume 1

Edmund Waller - English literature - 1904 - 232 pages
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