 Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Pàgina 3931818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | G. Steel - 1894 - 320 pàgines
...So the struck eagle, 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 impelled the steel — Byron. (2) For freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed... | |
 | 1895 - 768 pàgines
...one ; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him. Young, Busiris, 2. So the struck eagle strctch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered iii his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impelled... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pàgines
...nut-brown partridges! ah, brilliant pheasAnd ah, ye poachers ! 'Tis no sport for peasants. BYRON. S j the struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, \ iew'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. BYRON.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pàgines
...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 impelled the steel; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pàgines
...So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility. i. LO quivered in his heart. b. JSfsos— English Sards and Scotch Reviewers. L. 826. Tho' he inherit Nor... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pàgines
...Lady Singing a Song of his Composing. " So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more though rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather...And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart." BYRON. English Bards and Scoteh Reviewers. " Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pàgines
...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 impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank... | |
 | Thormanby - 1898 - 464 pàgines
...defeat, in the spirit of Byron's lines : "So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more thro' rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart."Mr. JR KEENE. THE year 1881 will always be remembered among racing men as pre-eminently... | |
 | North Carolina Bar Association - 1905 - 272 pàgines
...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 impelled the steel; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank... | |
 | 1900 - 570 pàgines
...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 impelled the steel; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the... | |
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