...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 impelled the steel." After passing somewhat more than two years, partly as...

...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...feather on the fatal 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...

...thee low ; So the struck eagle, stretch 'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to БОШ* again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft thut quiver'd in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel Пе nursed the pinion which...

...clouds to soar again, ' Viewed his owa 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...

...So the struck eagle, stretch 'd upon the plain, No moro through rolling clouds to soar again, Vicw'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 impcll'd...

...fruit. T was thine own genius gave the final blow, And hclp'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: Byron (10" Think, then, will pleaded ignorance eirase The tame accetsion of thy languid muse? Ah ! where...

...fruit, 'Twas thiae own genius gave the final olow, And heip'd to plant the wound that laid thee 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, hut keener far to feel He...

...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 that impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the...

...fruit. "Г 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...; 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...

...fable, it is therefore probably Eastern. Byron refers to it in his English Bards and Scotch Reviewers : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No...dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. He got the idea from Waller, To a lady singing a song of his composing. Cf. La Fontaine, ii. 6. LXXVI.—...