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
| Pye Henry Chavasse - Child care - 1843 - 320 pages
...gave the final blow, And help'd 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 quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed... | |
| Ireland - 1843 - 450 pages
...Waller, has expressed the case of over application to a d.trliug pursuit destroying itsposssssor: — " So the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, ~ No...through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own pinion ou the fatal dart, And wiuged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
..."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, ] ,,...clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the winged dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his feelings, keener far to... | |
| 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...shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He narsed the ptuion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that... | |
| 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...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... | |
| George Washington Bethune - English poetry - 1848 - 526 pages
...Byron's " English Birds and Scotch Reviewers," when speaking of Kirke White's melancholy death : " So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No...through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feathers on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs,... | |
| 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 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... | |
| Aristophanes - 1849 - 256 pages
...ffíireTTapfiévav aura. Kai rififls ovv, <j>r)<riv, oi% íiir' аХХсв» n-áo-^o/ííi» таОто, " That eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the shaft...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... | |
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