 And wing'd the shaft that quivered 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 warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.  Memoirs of the life and writings of lord Byron - Page 145by George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825Full view - About this book
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seed, but death has reaped the fruit. "Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped to...clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the winged dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were his feelings, keener far to... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...Cambridge, in 1806, in consequence of over-study. '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... | |
 | 1846 - 516 pages
...pursuit : She sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. 'Twas thine own gemns gave the fatal blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee...the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more throngh rolling clonds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft... | |
 | 1846 - 526 pages
...pursuit : She sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. "Twae thine own genius gave the fatal blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low! So the strack eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...there, Ye 'll find nae other where. BURNS. 22. '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 more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 526 pages
...Byron's " English Birds and Scotch Reviewers," when speaking of Kirke White's melancholy death : " So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No...through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feathers on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 pages
...she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She sowed the seeds, but death has reaped the fruit. 'T was thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the woynd that laid thee low : So the struck e;igle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling... | |
 | Arthur Edward Knox - 1849 - 284 pages
...would have seen one of his eyes cleverly scooped out, a blow on the back of the head laid the poor eagle stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again." NOTE. — While these pages are passing through the press, I have received information from Sir Charles... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...wonnd that laid thee low : So the smirk eagle, stretehed npon the plain, No more throogh rolling elonds to soar again. Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the dart that qnivered to his heart." Kirke White's life and death were alike beantifnl : his poetry of... | |
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