 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 wing'd the shaft that...  English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satire - Seite 63von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 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 which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank... | |
 | 1846 - 516 Seiten
...wound that laid thee low! So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more throngh rolling clonds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal...heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He narsed the ptuion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed Waller's stanzas... | |
 | Charles Adiel Lewis Totten - 1897 - 428 Seiten
...feathers, not by others hands Are we now smitten.' " — ^ESCHUYLUS. Fragment 123, Plumptre's Trans. " So the struck Eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed bis own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft, that quivered in his heart." — BYRON. English... | |
 | George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman - 1897 - 958 Seiten
...or to utilize the force that is in them, they are overwhelmed and destroyed. " Viewed his own pinion on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart." Others fail because they had ideas and expectations of easily and suddenly acquired wealth. The medical... | |
 | William Caswell Jones - 1897 - 368 Seiten
...wrong : Fo6ls are my theme, let satire be my song. Byron — "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." S6 the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds t6 soar again, Viewed his 6wn feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his... | |
 | George Lewis Prentiss - 1899 - 594 Seiten
...-pint: 4 " 'Twas thy 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...rolling clouds to soar again. Viewed his own feather in the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered In his heart.** Amid the excitement of the forum... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1900 - 556 Seiten
...that they had been aiding in their own extinction, and Byron's lines fitly describe their state : — So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No...pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion that Impelled the steel. In my section of our State immense shell beds are found. They are objects... | |
 | McLean County Historical Society (McLean County, Ill.) - 1900 - 194 Seiten
...fault and grievously hath he answered it." His terrible plight is described by the poet Byron : "As the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain. No more...pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-blood... | |
 | 1900 - 722 Seiten
...monstrous bird, one of the uncanny pterodactyls which geologists dream about; yet it was a noble quarry, " the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, no more through rolling clouds to soar again." The weight of the ray we could only conjecture, but it was doubtless several tons; and had this light... | |
 | 1897 - 66 Seiten
...or to utilize the force that is in them, they are overwhelmed and destroyed. " Viewed his own pinion on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart." Others fail because they had ideas and expectations of easily and suddenly acquired wealth. The medical... | |
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