 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 winged the shaft that...  English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satire - Seite 65von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 Seiten
...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, * HENBY KIHKE WHITE died at Cambridge, in October 1806, in conseijaence of too... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 344 Seiten
...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 of his... | |
 | 1858 - 1194 Seiten
...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 ?ame plumage that had warm'd his neit Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1823 - 462 Seiten
...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...feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel „ While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.... | |
 | 1823 - 602 Seiten
...then it becomes a curse instead of a blessing. 1 So, the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, ISo more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed...pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion that impelled the sted, While the same plumage that had warmed bis nest, Drank the last life-drop of... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1823 - 608 Seiten
...it becomes a curse instead of a blessing. ' So, the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No mere through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own...fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in hits heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinioD that impelled the steel,... | |
 | 1823 - 418 Seiten
...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 nurs'd the pinion that impell'd the steel — Whilst his own plumage which had warm'd his nest Drank... | |
 | 1823 - 418 Seiten
...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 nurs'd the pinion that impell'd the steel — Whilst his own plumage which had warm'd his nest Drank... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 340 Seiten
...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...feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel. While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There... | |
 | 1824 - 456 Seiten
...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 that impell'd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last life-drop... | |
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