 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 74 pages
...low : So 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...impell'd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be, who say in these enlightened... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 108 pages
...No more through rolling 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... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...what a noble heart was here undone/ When Science' self destroyed her favourite son ! Yes ! she too much indulg'd thy fond pursuit ; She sowed the seeds,...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,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...what a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self destroyed tier favourite son ! Yes ! she too much indulg'd thy- fond pursuit ; She sowed the seeds,...but keener far to feel He nurs'd the, pinion which impelfd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his-... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 672 pages
...gaTe the final blow And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck Eagle stictched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...impell'd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. • It would be superfluous to recall... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...more through rolling 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... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 pages
...what a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self destroyed her favourite son ! Yes ! she too much indulg'd thy fond pursuit ! She sowed the seeds,...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,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his men feather on the fatal dart, Arid 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, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1818 - 724 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...the sacred functions be was destined to assume. 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 , While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank... | |
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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 quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which... 
