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...him. " 'Twas his own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low ; So the struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more...soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, Which wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart ! Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He...

...gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thce low. So the struck eagle, slretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to...again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And win p* Л the shaft that quiver' Л in his heart. Keen were hi« pangs but keener far to feel, He nursed...

...apostrophe to Kirke White, alluding to his death being hastened by his devotion to ttudy : — So Oie struck eagle stretch'd 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 kn he Keen were his...

...fruit. '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...heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled the etcel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd hie nest, Drank...

...fruit. '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...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. * Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the...

...fruit. '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...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. * Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the...

...White, in which he compares him to an eagle wounded by an arrow feathered from his own wing, he says, So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. The ancients have certainly stolen the best ideas of the moderns ; this very thought may be found in...

...he compares him to an eagle wounded by an arrow feathered from his own wing-, he says, go the strack eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling.... And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. The ancients have certainly stolen the best ideas of the moderns ; this very thought may be found in...

...him. " 'Twas his own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low ; — So the struck Eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No...soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, Which wing'd the shaft that quiver' d in his heart ! Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He...