 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 quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 222by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 pages
...again, Viewed his own feathers 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 ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast."... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1848 - 428 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 ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.... | |
 | 1858 - 682 pages
...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... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1849 - 262 pages
...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 that impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1849 - 256 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 that impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 498 pages
...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, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. 'hat... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...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 warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 494 pages
...feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart. Keen were his pangs, hut keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed Ms nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. That... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 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 ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast."... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 pages
...again, Viewed his own feathers on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivorod in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which Impelled the steel." Two other lines finish the simile ; from which it would appear the young poet made the most of his... | |
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