 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 498 pages
...whose earliest energies were inspired by her breath, and who learned by her teachings to be strong. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No...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... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 498 pages
...ernment, whose earliest energies were inspired by breath, and who learned by her teachings to be igSo the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more...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... | |
 | W. E. Alexander - Allamakee County (Iowa) - 1882 - 770 pages
...rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft which 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 warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...know we loved in vain — I only feel — Farewell!— Farewell! o. BYBON — Fareioell.' if Ever. the Profane State. Bk. I. Ch. II * 'tis oe'r. v. GARTH —The D which impell'd the steel. p. BTBON— English Sards and Scofcfc Reviewers. Line 8M. Sighing that Nature... | |
 | John Todd - 1882 - 996 pages
...clouds to soar again, ViewM 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, lie nursed the pinion which impcll'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 326 pages
...'Twas thine own genius gave the fatal blow, • And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain. No...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... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impelled the steel. 2434 Byron : English Bards. Line 828. The thorns which... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English drama - 1883 - 1162 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart. And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd thy fall Flash'd back on the last glance I gave to thy wall. FROM the last hil which impell'd the steel ; Making Kehama look Like a fierce Mameluke." ^ "I have been reading," says... | |
 | Edwin Francis Hatfield - Hymn writers - 1884 - 744 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...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... | |
 | Gustav Gerber - Language and languages - 1885 - 570 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart. And wing'd the shaft that qniver'd in his heart — Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which irapell'd the steel; While the same plumage that warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of... | |
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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... 
