 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
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...fruit. 8c '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 , * HEHRT KIRKB WHITE died at Cambridge in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pages
...gave the fatal blow And hclp'd to plant the wound that laid tbee low. Thu the struck eagle itretchM upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather in the fatal dart. And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...gave the final Wow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...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, Robert Southey - 1820 - 302 pages
...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, hut keener far to feel He nurs'd the pipion which impell'd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...the eagle, Lord Byron, in his lines on Kirke White, has taken the following exquisite simile : — So the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, No more...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...fruit. 'T-was thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thce low-- So the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more...dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart : K.«ien. were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, IVhile... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1821 - 766 pages
...The poem from which these extracts are made is entirely in that verse. fi«NT. MAO. April, 1821. 3*S Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in hii heart. — Eng. Bards. On Kirke White. Walter — That eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 106 pages
...fruit. 820 '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...shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, * HENKY KIUKE \VaiTE died at... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 pages
...820 '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...shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, * HENRY KIP.KE WHITE <lied at... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1823 - 462 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... | |
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