 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...  Vicissitudes of Families, and Other Essays - Page 239by Sir Bernard Burke - 1861 - 437 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Kirke White - Christian poetry, English - 1830 - 328 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 the pinion which impell'd the steel; While the same plumage that had wann'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1830 - 334 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 the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | Nathan Ryno Smith - Medicine - 1830 - 490 pages
...View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. Keen vrere his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled Ihe steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pages
...again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wlng'd the shaft that quivered in hii heart Eeen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the...his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding braurt." The foregoing beautiful simile of Lord Byron's in his "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,"... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1831 - 740 pages
...soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. -Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed...impelled the steel: While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." ("English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...of Byron's beautiful description of him, " Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, " He cursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; " While the...Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." XI. 17B0. His father was a tradesman in that city He early discovered a great desire for reading; and... | |
 | Satire, English - 1831 - 790 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, • Mr. Gilford promised publicly tliat the Baviad anil Meviad should not be his last original works... | |
 | English essays - 1831 - 628 pages
...dart. And winged the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to fe«l He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel : While the same plumage that had wa rm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." fEnglith Bards and Scotch Reviewers,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 498 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 impell'd the steel; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life- drop of his... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...again, Viev'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wíng'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelí 'd the steel ; While the дате plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank the last tub-drop... | |
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