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" 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... "
Family Records: Containing Memoirs of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K. B ... - Page 43
by Ferdinand Brock Tupper - 1835 - 218 pages
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The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated ...

1831 - 790 pages
...gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck Eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds 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...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 101, Part 1; Volume 149

1831 - 740 pages
...clouds to 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...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,...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 1

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...impelled the steel; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding braurt." The foregoing beautiful simile of...
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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 2

1831 - 426 pages
...clouds to soar 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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Hours of idleness. English bards and Scotch reviewers. Hints from Horace ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 498 pages
...clouds to 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...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 101

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,...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1832 - 350 pages
...clouds to 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...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 2

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...clooda to soar again, Viewed his own ftalher nn the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered iu his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel. He nnrs'd the pinion which impelTd the steel, While the same plumage that ha 1 warmM his nest, Drank the...
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Memoir of the Rev. Elias Cornelius

Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 374 pages
...clouds to soar again, Viewed 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 nurs'd the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest, Drank...
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The Student's Manual: Designed, by Specific Directions, to Aid in Forming ...

John Todd - 1835 - 406 pages
...the fruit. '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,...impelled the steel ;' While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." It may, no doubt, be true, that the...
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