| John Eyton B. Mayor - 1868 - 442 pages
...n. 21. lr poetic for а\ипс6/ива. Hence Waller: ' That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.' § 107. ' ace. of limitation ; in Lat. mostly the abl. ; claudue altero pede, ' lame of one foot'.... | |
| Henry Morley - Ballads, English - 1868 - 284 pages
...like a spirit with this spell Of my own teaching I am caught. The eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints return'd, Not for reflection of his face,... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! Go, lovely rose. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.2 To a Lady singing a Song of his Composing. The yielding marble of her snowy breast. On a Lady... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1869 - 244 pages
...infrequent. Cf. " Lady of the Lake," I. xx. 20, and Waller :— " The eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." " Wonted " is a familiar past participle from the same verb. 12. The victim's dread.] The dread usually... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...share That are so wondrous sweet and fair. GO, lovely Rose. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.t To a Lady singing a Song of his composing. * Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts... | |
| Sertum - 1869 - 114 pages
...on hearing his own verses badly sung : The eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the shaft that bade him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. 97. On this legend compare Note on Ex. 25, line 15. 3. <pavela-ris pSíjs] when the art of song had... | |
| Aristophanes - Birds - 1872 - 276 pages
...irátTX°P-*v raira, àXXà T¿ саигшк yv¿>¡j.Ti" The idea was made use of by ЛУаПег, as quoted by Porson and Wheelwright : — " That eagle's...the beautiful lines on Kirke White : — " So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own... | |
| Francis Jacox - Authors - 1872 - 530 pages
...spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." Paulo minora canamus. The strain we next hear is in a lower mood. And yet, perhaps, otherwise in reality.... | |
| Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face,... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...share That are so wondrous sweet and fair ! Go, lovely rose. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.2 To a Lady singing a Song of his Composing. The yielding marble of her snowy breast. On a Lady... | |
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