So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling 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... The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White - Page 230by Henry Kirke White - 1840 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...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
...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...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast, i There be who say, in these enlighten'd days, That splendid lies are all the poet's praise ; impair,... | |
| 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...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. (I) Tbere be, who say, in these enlighten'd days, That splendid lies are all the poet's praise; i Thst... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...on ba(h."— P. I 63 Keen were his pangs, but keener far to fed He nursed the pinion which impelfd the steel; While the same plumage that had warm'd...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. (I) There be, who say, in these euKghten'd days, That splendid lies are all th« poet's praise; That... | |
| Scotland - 1837 - 928 pages
...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
...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...nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast " If Kirke White's brain had not been over-worked (and possibly the emulation of honours may, in a... | |
| Henry Neele - English poetry - 1839 - 264 pages
...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 nursed...same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last life drop of his bleeding breast !" The "Romance of History" was very speedily reprinted; and one tale,... | |
| Theology - 1839 - 418 pages
...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 impelled the steel." After passing somewhat more than two years, partly as an instructer in Phillips... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1839 - 418 pages
...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... | |
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