 | John Galt - Poets, English - 1830 - 352 pages
...he compares him to an eagle wounded by an arrow feathered from his own wing-, he says, go the strack eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling.... And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. The ancients have certainly stolen the best ideas of the moderns ; this very thought may be found in... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 582 pages
...him. " 'Twas his own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low ; — So the struck Eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...fruit. 'T was thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain. No...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,... | |
 | Nathan Ryno Smith - Medicine - 1830 - 490 pages
...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...again, View'd 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, Ho nursed... | |
 | American education society - 1830 - 304 pages
...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 pangs, hut keener far to feel " He nurs'd the pinion which impcll'd the steel ; " While the same plumage that... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 586 pages
...TV. aa iij.-i own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low ; — So the struck Eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd bis own feather on the fatal dart, Which wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart ! Keen were his... | |
 | English fiction - 1830 - 812 pages
...fruit. 'Twas thine own genins gave the final blow. And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain. No more through rolling clouds lo soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart. And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1831 - 740 pages
...No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quiver'd 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 warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...fruit. ' 1'waa thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viev'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wíng'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were... | |
 | Satire, English - 1831 - 790 pages
...fruit. JTwas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck Eagle stretch'd 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... | |
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Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low • 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... 
