 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...  Richard Hickman Menefee - Page 300by John Wilson Townsend - 1907 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 108 pages
...allotted to talents, which would have dignified even the sacred functions he was destined to assume. So the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more...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 bleeding breast. There... | |
 | 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 last life-drop... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...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...feel ; He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast '.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...allotted to talents , which would have dignified even the sacred functions be was destined to assume. Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart. And winged...feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel , While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...the eagle, Lord Byron, in his lines on Kirke White, has taken the following exquisite simile : — So the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, No more...feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of bis bleeding breast. The... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart : K.Ģien. were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, IVhile the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 pages
...fruit. 820 '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,...feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, * HENRY KIP.KE WHITE <lied at Cambridge in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 106 pages
...fruit. 820 '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,...feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, * HENKY KIUKE \VaiTE died at Cambridge in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
 | Arminianism - 1858 - 1194 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 nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the ?ame plumage that had warm'd his neit Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 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 nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel, * HENBY KIHKE WHITE died at Cambridge, in October 1806, in conseijaence of too... | |
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