 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 that...  The Fables of Aesop - Page 54by Aesop - 1902 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1809 - 74 pages
...the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, 57O Viewed his own. feather on the fatal dart And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1809 - 890 pages
...So the struck Eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, [again, No more through rolling clouds to soar ViewM- his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiv«r'd in his heart : Keen were his pang), but keener far to feel [steel ; He nurs'd the pinion... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 pages
...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 wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the' pinion which impell'd... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...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 wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...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 wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the, pinion which impelfd... | |
 | Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 pages
...literary theft, as ever was committed by any author. Compare his lines with those of Waller. BYRON. So the struck Eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart, &c. WALLER. Mine anil that Eagle's fate are one, Who on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 672 pages
...So the struck Eagle stictched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 pages
...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 wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his pangs but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1818 - 724 pages
...who fell a victim to his too ardent pursuit of science, with the following very striking simile: " So the struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impell'd the steel : While the... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pages
...eagle itretchM upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather in the fatal dart. And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nurs'd the pinion which impel I'd the steel; While the... | |
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