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... Harmonies of Political Economy - Page xlby Frédéric Bastiat - 1860Full view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 108 pages
...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, W4iile the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 74 pages
...the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, 57O Viewed 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 impell'd... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1809 - 890 pages
...So the struck Eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, [again, No more through rolling clouds to soar ViewM- his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiv«r'd in his heart : Keen were his pang), but keener far to feel [steel ; He nurs'd the pinion... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 pages
...So the struck eagle, stretch'd 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 quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the' pinion which impell'd... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...So the struck eagle, stretch'd 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 quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 398 pages
...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 warm'd his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. • Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge, in October, 1806, in consequence... | |
| Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...So the struck eagle, stretch'd 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 quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the, pinion which impelfd... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged Hie shaft that quivered in his heart ! Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel; While the same plumage that had wanned his nest, Drank the last life-drop... | |
| English literature - 1809 - 672 pages
...So the struck Eagle stictched 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 quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd... | |
| Literature - 1814 - 680 pages
...by any author. &• Compare his lines with those of Waller. BYRON. :^* So the struck Eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart, &«. WALLER. Mine and that Eagle's fate are one, Who on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather... | |
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