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... Lectures on English poetry - Seite xivvon Henry Neele - 1830 - 543 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 74 Seiten
...wing'd the shaft that quivered 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...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be, who say in these enlightened days That splendid lies are all the poets praise; AND SCOTCH... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 Seiten
...wing'd the shaft that quivered 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...nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. * Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge, in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 Seiten
...wing'd the shaft that quivered 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 had watfm'd his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. * Henry Kirke Whit? died at Cambridge,... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 398 Seiten
...wing'd the shaft that quivered 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...nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. • Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge, in October, 1806, in consequence of too much' exertion in... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 730 Seiten
...quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the, pinion which impelfd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd...Drank the last life-drop of his- bleeding breast. • Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge, in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
| 1809 - 672 Seiten
...wing'd the shaft that quivered 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...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. • It would be superfluous to recall to the mind of the reader the author of "The Pleasures of Memory"... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 Seiten
...wing'd the shaft that quivered 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...nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. * Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge, in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
| 1818 - 724 Seiten
...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 had warm'd bis nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." The principal inns at Machynlletb and Wrexham... | |
| 664 Seiten
...wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were bis Jiangs, but keener far to feel He nnrs'd the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. His Lordship's verses on the Death of the Princess Charlotte are... | |
| 1821 - 702 Seiten
...quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impel I'd the steel; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of bin bleeding breast." English Bards and Scotch Rcviewen. His Lordship's verses on the Death of the... | |
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