 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1839 - 808 דפים
...Address in answer to the King's Speech. The following are the lion quoted by Mr. Bankes: — " S» the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to TURNER'S TRAVELS. " Belzoni ua grand traveller, and his English is very prettily broken. ' " As for... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1901 - 492 דפים
...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 wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impelled... | |
 | Aesop - 1902 - 448 דפים
...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.—... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 דפים
...and purloins the Psalins. Line sse. Oh, Amos Cottle ! Phiebus ! what a name ! Line 399. So the strnck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling...fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart.1 Line 826. 1 See Waller, pages 219-220. Yet truth will sometimes lend her noblest fires, And... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 דפים
...So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to sour again, Vicw'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. BYRON : English Banls an<! Scotch Kfvieiren, line 826. Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To... | |
 | James Duff Law - 1903 - 524 דפים
...the superior merits of the American golf balls. Mr. Carnegie laughingly made the Byronic quotation: " Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel." It is a favorite simile of the poets, Moore and Waller also using it as ^Eschylus... | |
 | Robert Naylor Whiteford - 1903 - 464 דפים
...Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte. Many are poets who have never penn'd. . . . — The Prophecy Of Dante. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impe'l'd the steel. . . . — English Bards And Scotch Reviewers. Yes — one — the first — the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 דפים
...others' hands. Are we now smitten." .-!•',• in YI.I •; : Fragm. 123 (Plumptre's Translation). So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to sour again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the ahaft that quivcr'd in his heart.... | |
 | Frederick C. Bursch, Annie Dennis Bursch - 1903 - 324 דפים
...venerable jurist in thus decreeing his compulsory exile from the bench — Vlew'd his own feather in the fatal dart And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart The Supreme Court of the United States is the most solemn tribunal known to man, and the preternatural... | |
 | Edward Manson - 1904 - 538 דפים
...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; White the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life drop of his... | |
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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 more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft... 
