 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
 | Satire, English - 1831 - 790 pages
...dignified »ven the sacred functions lie was destined to assume. While the same plumage that had wanned his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding...ever on the wing, Alone impels the modern Bard to sins: >Tis true, that all who rhyme, nay, all who write, Shrink from the fatal word to Genius— Trite... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, " He cursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; " While the same plumage that had warmed his nest " Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." XI. 17B0. His father was a tradesman in that city He early discovered a great desire for reading; and... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pages
...heart Eeen 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 braurt." The foregoing beautiful simile of Lord Byron's in his "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,"... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...to feei He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel. While the same plumage that had waroi'd bis nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be who say, in these enlighten'd day« That splendid lies are all the poet's praise ; 830 That strain'd invention, ever... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 350 pages
...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... | |
 | John Todd - Character - 1835 - 406 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." It may, no doubt, be true, that the man who sits down to study, and gives his whole soul to it, without... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 354 pages
...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... | |
 | I. G. Rosenstein - Homeopathy - 1840 - 312 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." It may, no doubt, be true, that the man who sits down ".o study, and gives his whole soul to it without... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1841 - 452 pages
...; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which iinpell'd the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." One of our former great students, when reduced in health by excessive study, was entreated to abandon... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...be, who say, in these enlighten'd days, That splendid lies are all the poet's praise ; That strain'd s bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.(3) Welcome to T is true, that all who rhyme — nay, all who write, Shrink trom that fatal word to genius — trite;... | |
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