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 quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which... The Birds of Aristophanes - Page 177by Aristophanes - 1864 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
| Marlborough coll - 1860 - 310 pages
...exstínguuntur acerba. SO THE EAGLE'S FATE. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more thro' rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather...that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that... | |
| Marlborough coll - 1860 - 310 pages
...acerba. SO BUSSELL. THE EAGLE'S FATE. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more thro' rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather...that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that... | |
| Pye Henry Chavasse - 1860 - 270 pages
...So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quiver'd at his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled... | |
| Elizabeth Hammond Dunn - 1861 - 172 pages
...the bleeding wound that laid tb.ee low -, So the struck Eagle, stretched on yonder plaiu, . Despaired through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own...that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that... | |
| United States - 1891 - 82 pages
...overexertion on his part. You recollect that tribute is in these words: So the struck eagle, stretched u]>on the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar...shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel. He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel: While the same plumage that had... | |
| William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...in literature. Byron has it, in " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," in the lines commemorative of p., 91: "The house of every one is to him his castle...Chatham amplified Coke in this splendid fashion: but keener far to feet He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had... | |
| William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...in literature. Hyron has it, in " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," in the lines commemorative of Kirke White: So the struck eagle, stretched upon the...that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the piniou which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had... | |
| Henry Coppée - Literature - 1893 - 560 pages
...fruit. '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...shaft that quivered in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had... | |
| G. Steel - English language - 1894 - 320 pages
...know It still has flowed the same, and will for ever flow. — Hughes. 21. (1) So the struck eagle, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart,' And winged...that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steeL — Byron. (2) For freedom's battle... | |
| Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...fruit. Twos 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...that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel; While the same plumage that... | |
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