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" 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 more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And... "
Eclogæ Aristophanicæ, selections from The clouds (The birds) with notes by ... - Page 101
by Aristophanes - 1852
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The Ladies' Museum, Volumes 1-2

English fiction - 1830 - 812 pages
...clouds lo soar again, View'd 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 the pinion which impell'd the steel, While the same plumage that hud warm'd his nest. Drank...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White - Christian poetry, English - 1830 - 328 pages
...allotted to talents, which would have dignified even the sacred functions he was destined to assume. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel; While the same plumage that had wann'd his nest Drank the last life-drop...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White - 1830 - 334 pages
...allotted to talents, which would have dignified even the sacred functions he was destined to assume. Keen were his pangs, but keener 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...
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The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated ...

Satire, English - 1831 - 790 pages
...gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck Eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, • Mr. Gilford promised publicly tliat the Baviad anil Meviad should not...
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Hours of idleness. English bards and Scotch reviewers. Hints from Horace ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 498 pages
...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 his pangs, but keener 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...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 101, Part 1; Volume 149

Early English newspapers - 1831 - 740 pages
...clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quiver'd 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 warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop...
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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 2

1831 - 426 pages
...clouds to soar again, Viev'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wíng'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelí 'd the steel ; While the дате plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last tub-drop...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 1

1831 - 460 pages
...again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wlng'd the shaft that quivered in hii 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...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 350 pages
...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 his pangs, but keener 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...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 2

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...clooda to soar again, Viewed his own ftalher nn the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered iu his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel. He nnrs'd the pinion which impelTd the steel, While the same plumage that ha 1 warmM his nest, Drank the...
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