 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
 | 1823 - 602 pages
...then it becomes a curse instead of a blessing. 1 So, the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, ISo more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed...shaft that quivered in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion that impelled the sted, While the same plumage that had... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1823 - 608 pages
...it becomes a curse instead of a blessing. ' So, the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No mere through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own...fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in hits heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinioD that impelled the steel,... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...fruit. 'Twas thine own Gienins 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 40 pages
...the final blow And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : 820 So the struck Eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...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... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 574 pages
...own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." WALLER. " Is not this the original of the far-famed ? " " So the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more...And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart." , October 6, 1823. INDIAN SOCIETY. Among the many " minor miseries of life," I know none more painful... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...fruit "I' was 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...soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, Aud winged the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, hut keener far to feel He nursed... | |
 | William Orme - Clergy - 1828 - 368 pages
...to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain; No more thro' rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft which quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...White, alluding to his death being hastened by his devotion to ttudy : — So Oie struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in kn he Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel — He nursed the pinion that impelled the stael... | |
 | Clergy - 1830 - 282 pages
...exercise, and thus fell a prey to disease and death. " So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, 11 No more through rolling clouds to soar again, " Viewed 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 11 He nurs'd... | |
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