 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 Satireby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 85 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English essays - 1821 - 712 pages
...that Michael e of the most successful ;he Ottava Rima. The poem these extracts arc made is en1821. MS Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart. And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. — Eng . Bards. On KirkeJVhite. Waller. — That eagle's fate and mine are one. Who on the shaft that... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...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...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... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...beautiful lines of the improvident Byron on the death of Kirk White, as the ground of an illustration : — "So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1814 - 88 pages
...wound that laid thee low : So the struek eagle stretehed upon the plain, No more through rolling elouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal...that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, hut keener far to feel He nursed the p,nion whieh impelled the steel | ri *, *?. G,iffor<1 promised... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 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 to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd the steel : While the same plumage that had warm'd bis nest, Drank... | |
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