 | Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 pages
...veuchfafe to brwth my Thought, That like a Spirit with this Spell Of my own Teaching I am caught. The Eagle's Fate and mine are one, Which on the Shaft that made him die Eipy'da Feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to foar fi> high. Had Eccho, with fo fweet a Grace, N*rci/us'... | |
 | 1821 - 712 pages
...in his heart. — Eng . Bards. On KirkeJVhite. Waller. — That eagle's fate and mine are one. Who on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to fly so high. Poems, T. ii. p. ta. Byron. That curse shall be forgiveness. C. Ii. c. 4, s. 13*. Coleridge.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...objected that he was superficial. Dr. Johnson defended him warmly'. He said, ' Pennant has greater variety 'That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die, Espy'da feather of his own. Wherewith he wont to soar so high.' Epistle to a Lady. Anderson's Poets,... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...vouchsafe to breathe my thought, I'imt, like a spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am canght. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints return'd, Not for reflection of his face,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...&c. so that I would have exhibited a general view of their poesie, throughout its different ages." That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die, Espy'da feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus'... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 472 pages
...vouchsafe to breathe my thought, That , like a spirit , with this spell Of my own teaching, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one Which , on the shaft that made him die, Espy'da feather of his own , Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus'... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 386 pages
...vouchsafe to breathe my thought, That like a spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am caught. The eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft...him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he used to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus' loud complaints return' d, Not for... | |
 | 1810 - 286 pages
...teaching, — I am caught. * This poison, my reader will recollect, was administered to the ear. The Eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Esp/da feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.* Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus'... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 pages
...fruit. 'Twas thine own Genius 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 soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...fruit. Twas thine own Genius 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 soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart : Keen were... | |
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That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. 
