 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
 | John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 892 pages
...it might be said of them, as of the dying bird that observed its own plumage upon the fatal arrow, " Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel — He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel." Another circumstance which contributed to hasten the humiliation of Merovingian royalty, was the decline... | |
 | John Hill Wheeler - 1851 - 876 pages
...soar again ; Views his own feather in the fatal darl, That sped the shaft now quivering in his heart. Keen were his pangs — but keener far to feel — He nursed the pinion (hat impelled the sleel ; ' The No ы< iiui^^u iitc: j'ltiiuii iijtxi luiiKTiiiu un; picvi , The troubled... | |
 | baroness Elizabeth Ann Dormer - 1851 - 360 pages
...inspire her ? Alas ! his present unhappiness appeared to be of his own seeking ! " Keen was the pang, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel !" When the music ceased, Lord Litchfield joined an Hcarte party, but finding himself unable to take... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fntal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in hig 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."... | |
 | 1852 - 364 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... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1852 - 152 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... | |
 | Lewis C. Munn - 1853 - 450 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." MORAL... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1853 - 332 pages
...again. Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, Which 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."... | |
 | 1854 - 576 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."... | |
 | John Todd - 1854 - 326 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... | |
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