 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...  Vicissitudes of Families: And Other Essays - Side 200af John Bernard Burke - 1860 - 437 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1809 - 890 sider
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 74 sider
...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... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 sider
...fruit. 'Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped 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, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 sider
...fruit. Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped 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, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 730 sider
...fruit. Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, , And helped 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,. Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were... | |
 | Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 sider
...literary theft, as ever was committed by any author. Compare his lines with those of Waller. BYRON. So the struck Eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart, &c. WALLER. Mine anil that Eagle's fate are one, Who on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather... | |
 | 1809 - 672 sider
...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... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 sider
...fruit. 'Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped 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, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were... | |
 | 1818 - 724 sider
...who fell a victim to his too ardent pursuit of science, with the following very striking simile: " So the struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more...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... | |
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...eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling eloudrto soar again. Viewed his own feather in the fatal dart, And 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... | |
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