 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 quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which...  Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 12by John Wien Forney - 1873 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Todd - Character - 1835 - 414 pages
...No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart Keen were his...but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel; While the same plumage that had wanned his nest Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | Ferdinand Brock Tupper - 1835 - 272 pages
...quivered 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 warmed his nest, Drank the last life drop of bis bleeding breast." BYRON. nance, and he and his next brother, Charles, when midshipmen... | |
 | John Todd - Character - 1835 - 406 pages
...quivered 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 warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." It may, no doubt, be true, that the man who sits down to study,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 354 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. (') There be, who say, in these enlighten'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 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 impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd hie nest, Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 336 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, i There be who say, in these enlighten'd... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...one, \\hir-h on the itinft lint mad« him dir. FH."'| » fi-rttln-t ufhis ..wn. 03 | Keen were bis pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion...impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. (I) Tbere be, who say, in these enlighten'd... | |
 | Scotland - 1837 - 928 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 that impell'd the steel ; While the same feather, that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last life-drop... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1839 - 264 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 !" The "Romance of History" was very... | |
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