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... The Remains of Henry Kirke White ... - Page xxiby Henry Kirke White - 1825 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 108 pages
...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 impelled the steel, W4iile the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 110 pages
...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...nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. N. There be, who say in these enlightened days That splendid lies are all the poets praise ; 830 That... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810 - 106 pages
...heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel j While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be who say, in these enlightened 'days, That splendid lies are all the poet's praise ; That strained... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged Hie shaft that quivered in his heart ! Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel; While the same plumage that had wanned his nest, Drank the last life-drop... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...to soar again, Viewed his men feather on the fatal dart, Arid winged the shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far .to feel...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast '. 9. — SAINT DENYS. St. Denys, or Dionysius, the Areopagite, was converted to Christianity by Saint... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...destined to assume. 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...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There be, who say in these enlightened days 83 i That splendid lies are all the Poet's praise ; That... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...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...that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of bis bleeding breast. The peregrine falcon (falcoperegrinus) frequents the rocky parts of our coasts,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart : K.«ien. were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, IVhile the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. There... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 pages
...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 impelled the steel, * HENRY KIP.KE WHITE <lied at Cambridge in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 106 pages
...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 impelled the steel, * HENKY KIUKE \VaiTE died at Cambridge in October 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
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