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... The Birds of Aristophanes - Page 171by Aristophanes - 1849 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States - 1846 - 516 pages
...wound that laid thee low! So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more throngh rolling clonds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal...heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He narsed the ptuion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed Waller's stanzas... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1847 - 668 pages
...turn — "Twas his own genius pave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the iteeL" He soon recovered himself, however, and suggested, that as we were agreed... | |
| Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion that impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank... | |
| Technology - 1847 - 648 pages
...turn — " 'Twas his own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which ¡mpell'd the steel.' He soon recovered himself, however, and suggested, that as we were agreed... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd Whose gilded cymbals, more adorn'd than clear. The eye deli lie nursed the pinion which impcll'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the woynd that laid thee low : So the struck e;igle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling...pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop... | |
| George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 520 pages
...eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feathers on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered...pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop... | |
| Electronic journals - 1858 - 682 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop... | |
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