 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 12by John Wien Forney - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...thee low : ;o the struck Eagle stretched upon the plais, *fomore tbrough rolling clouds to soaragain, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered '-.:. hi; heart : VCtMI were his pangs, but keener far to fec! He nursed the pinion which impelled... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 494 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, Which 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 his nest, Drank... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 582 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, Which 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 his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast! " Of the work itself, which comprises... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1830 - 334 pages
...allotted to talents, which would have dignified even the sacred functions he was destined to assume. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed...impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. SONNET ON HENRY KIRKE WHITE. BY CAPEL... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - Christian poetry, English - 1830 - 328 pages
...allotted to talents, which would have dignified even the sacred functions he was destined to assume. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed...impell'd the steel; While the same plumage that had wann'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. SONNET ON HENRY KIRKE WHITE. BY CAPEL... | |
 | American education society - 1830 - 304 pages
...neglecting to take seasonable and appropriate exercise, and thus fell a prey to disease and death. " So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, " No more...through rolling clouds to soar again, " Viewed his man feather on the fatal dart, " And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart : " Keen were his... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dan, 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 impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | Nathan Ryno Smith - Medicine - 1830 - 490 pages
...fruit. 'Twas thine own genius gave the fatal blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. Keen were... | |
 | English fiction - 1830 - 812 pages
...clouds lo 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 hud warm'd his nest. Drank... | |
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