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" 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... "
Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 12
by John Wien Forney - 1873
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Builders of Our Law During the Reign of Queen Victoria

Edward Manson - Judges - 1904 - 538 pages
...And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, Xo more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed...but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel; White the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life drop of his...
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The President: A Novel

Alfred Henry Lewis - American fiction - 1904 - 552 pages
...Wegg, dropping into verse, quoted from Byron where he stole from Waller for his lines on White: " So the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, No more...And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart." Mr. Hawke closed in with a burst of eloquence, but metaphors sadly mixed, by picturing this country...
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The World's Best Poetry ...

John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - English poetry - 1904 - 930 pages
...Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 7. SHAKESPEARE. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more...dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. LORD BYRON. Remember Milo's end, . Wedged in that timber which...
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The President: A Novel

Alfred Henry Lewis - American fiction - 1904 - 576 pages
...Wegg, dropping into verse, quoted from Byron where he stole from Waller for his lines on White : " So the struck eagle stretched upon the plain, No more...the fatal dart And winged the shaft that quivered iji his heart." Mr. Hawke closed in with a burst of eloquence, but metaphors sadly mixed, by picturing...
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Lord Byron

Cedric Bonnell - 1904 - 24 pages
...Bought the grave, to sleep for ever there. ***** So the struck Eagle, stretched upon the plain, IVo more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed...dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. Notoriety at Newstead. Lord Byron took possession of the Abbey in 1808, having kept terms for some...
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Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions ...

James Champlin Fernald - English language - 1904 - 344 pages
...a day, So fought, so follow'd and so fairly won. SHAKESPEARE 3 K. Henry IV. act i, sc. 1, l. 30. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more...again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart. And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart. So let the hills of doubt divide, So bridge with faith...
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Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions ...

James Champlin Fernald - English language - 1904 - 352 pages
...a day, So fought, so follow'd and so fairly won. SHAKESPEARE S K. Henry IV. act i, sc. 1, 1. 20. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more...again. Viewed His own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart. So let the hills of doubt divide. So bridge with faith...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...clouds to soar again, View*d his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd erce them, and survey whate'er May be permitted, as...great and growing region, where 1020 The earth to her warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be who say, ia these enlighten'd...
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The Complete Poetical Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 pages
...rolling clouds to soar again, ViewM hb own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd y admired; — Ave Maria ! o'er the earth and sea,...worthiest thee ! CII Ave Maria ! blessed be the ho warm'd his nest Drank the hut life-drop of bis bleeding breast There be who say, in these enlighteu'd...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1088 pages
...clouds to soar again, Vifiw'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of bis bleeding breast. There be who say, in these enlighten'd...
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