 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...  Lord Byron's Works - Page 43by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881
...far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impcll'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be, who say, in these enlighten' d days, That splendid lies are all the poet s praise ; That strain' d invention, ever on... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 576 pages
...feel, He nursed the pinion whieh impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage thai, had warm'd his uesf Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be, who say, in these enlighten'd days That splendid lies are all the poet's praise ; That strain 'd invention, ever on the... | |
 | W. E. Alexander - Allamakee County (Iowa) - 1882 - 738 pages
...Keen werr; his pangs, but keener far to feel. He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast! Doubtless Samuel was not dearer to his friends than were the others to those who knew and loved them... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 290 pages
...Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest. Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. From Euglish Bards and Scotch Rerincrm. THE ISLES OF GREECE. THE isles of Greece ! The isles of Greece... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 662 pages
...dignified even the sacred functions he was destined to assume. 349 While the same plumage that had warm'd gging spirit doubly weak; Still o'er the features, which perforce they cheer, To feign enlighten'd days, That splendid lies are all the poet s praise; That strain'd invention, ever on the... | |
 | Edwin Francis Hatfield - Hymn writers - 1884 - 719 pages
...heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." A portion of his poems was left incomplete. Among these is the hymn, " Much in sorrow, oft in woe,"... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885
...far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be who say, in these enlighten'd days, That splendid lies are all the poet's praise ; That strain'd invention, ever on the... | |
 | Literature - 1886
...heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. LORD BYRON. * Henry Kirke White died nt Cambridge in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1887
...heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed tho pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. 1. Alienate, v!. Anecdote. :i. Abbreviate. •I. Benign. .">. Bequeath. (i. lilaspheme. 7. Buoyant.... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - Education, Higher - 1871 - 13 pages
...Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast ! " Our deceased friend remarked that the unexpected failure of his health, the frustration of his... | |
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