 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
 | Pye Henry Chavasse - Education - 1839 - 160 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 his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast " If Kirke White's brain had not been... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1839 - 418 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 impcll'd the steel, While the same plumage that had vpami'd his nest, M; Drank the last life-drop of... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...clouds to soar again, View'd his nun 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 pillion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that hud warm'd his nest. Drank the last... | |
 | I. G. Rosenstein - Homeopathy - 1840 - 312 pages
...struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through clouds to soar again, ' Viewed his owa feathers on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered...but keener far to 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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 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 his nest, Drank the last life -drop of his bleeding breast." One of our former great students,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1840 - 330 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 CAPE1... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1840 - 516 pages
...clouds to soar again, Vicw'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 impcll'd the stocl, While the same plumage that had warm'd hie nest, Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 528 pages
...clouds to БОШ* again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft thut quiver'd in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel Пе nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel, While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank... | |
 | United States - 1841 - 640 pages
...celebrated lines in which she will for ever record the memory of such a parricidal treason : " So the strnck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling...pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop from... | |
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