 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...  History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa - Side 711av W. E. Alexander - 1882 - 738 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 498 sider
...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...nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. That we may fully estimate the enormity of this system of conduct, we must call to mind the evils of... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 494 sider
...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...the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his'nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast. That we may fully estimate the enormity of... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 494 sider
...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 we may fully estimate the enormity of... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 sider
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 sider
...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...Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." — ED. ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS. t This skirmish abont the Temple ot Anaitis is worthy of... | |
 | John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 892 sider
...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 Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 sider
...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... | |
 | baroness Elizabeth Ann Dormer - 1851 - 360 sider
...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 sider
...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...Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." 61. THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. Edctca-d Ecerett. WE are summoned to new energy and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 sider
...Kinged the shaft that' quivered in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nnrsed the pinion which impelled the steel; While the same...Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast." 51. THE AMERICA* EXPERIMENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.— Edward Everett. WE are summoned to new energy and... | |
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