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" 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 177
by Aristophanes - 1864 - 236 pages
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 10

1834 - 784 pages
...approaches " 'Twas thine own genius gave the 6nal 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, Yiews his own feather on the fatal dart Which winged the shaft that quivers in his heart. Keen are...
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Family Records: Containing Memoirs of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K. B ...

Ferdinand Brock Tupper - 1835 - 272 pages
...in his victim's native isle, "gave the final blow. Or helped to plant the wound that laid him 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...
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The Student's Manual: Designed, by Specific Directions, to Aid in Forming ...

John Todd - Character - 1835 - 414 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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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 42

Scotland - 1837 - 928 pages
...But I seldom read any but ancient authors, such as Pope and Dryden. The lines were as follows : — " So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling 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...
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The Christian Examiner and General Review

Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - Liberalism (Religion) - 1839 - 420 pages
...here undone, When Science' self destroyed her favorite son! ******* So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinwn which impelled the gteel. n After passing somewhat more...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 7; Volume 25

Theology - 1839 - 418 pages
...here undone, When Science' self destroyed her favorite son ! ******* 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." After passing somewhat more...
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Theory and Practice of Homoeopathy: First Part, Containing a Theory of ...

I. G. Rosenstein - Homeopathy - 1840 - 312 pages
...struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through clouds to soar again, ' Viewed his owa 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 had...
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The United States Democratic Review, Volume 9

United States - 1841 - 640 pages
...celebrated lines in which she will for ever record the memory of such a parricidal treason : " So the strnck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling...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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Collections Illustrative of the Geology, History, Antiquities, and ...

Douglas Allport - Camberwell (London, England) - 1841 - 314 pages
...years once, and that in the new of the moon about Christmas, when the grounds be most barren." c " So the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, " No...the fatal dart, " And winged the shaft that quivered iu his heart." IMITATED. So the dull school-boy, mad with rage and pain, Knows his own coppers bought...
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Memoirs of Rev. Elias Cornelius

Bela Bates Edwards - 1842 - 374 pages
...neglecting to take seasonable and appropriate exercise, and thus fell a prey to disease and death. ' So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No...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 nurs'd...
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