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
| Theology - 1839 - 418 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." After passing somewhat more than two years, partly as an instructer in Phillips... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| I. G. Rosenstein - Homeopathy - 1840 - 312 pages
...plain, No more through clouds to soar again, ' Viewed his owa feathers 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 warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
| 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...eagle's fate and mine are one. Which on the shaft that made him die, E*pird a feather of liis own, 63: Marino Palien, u Ada, all bat the mouth, is the picture...and I am glad of it."— PE In a hitherto unpublish warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. ( I ) There be, who say, in these... | |
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