 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 390 pages
...his songs : — . " That Eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the shaft that made him die ; Esgied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high ! " » Prov. xv. 33. 72 THE LEARNED SELDEN. HISTORY OF TITHES. EUBULUS. It was here that Selden got... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...fruit 'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: Thy youthful love — paternal care. 'Tis true, that I have done thee wrong — But wrong f Vicw'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivcr'd in his heart ; Keen were... | |
 | Athenaeus (of Naucratis.) - 1854 - 402 pages
...Aristophanes — * ' itrfpols »nd (perhaps) imitated by Waller — " That eagle's fate and mine arc ore, Who on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, woman praising a large cup, and disparaging the oxybaphum as small. So when some one says to her —... | |
 | Philo (of Alexandria.) - 1855 - 514 pages
...original of the stanza in Waller's Ode to a Lady Singing — "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 Boar BO high.' imperfect, since a part is less than the whole ; and as the foot was cut off from Dion,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1855 - 870 pages
...happy they Whose means are great, and hearts are large, Who best the sacred trust discharge . • V V 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...Holy and Profane State. Book i. ch. ii. — KLT.LER. To a Lady singing a Song of his composing. The eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. 1612-1650. Song, "My Dear and only Love." I '11 make thee famous by my pen, And... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 410 pages
...life-drop of his bleeding breast!" Waller's stanza which expresses a similar sentiment, is as follows : That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft...made him die Espied a feather of his own Wherewith he'd wont to soar so high. In Thomas Moore's poetic epistle, " Corruption," the same figure also occurs:... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 384 pages
...life-drop of his bleeding breast !" Waller's stanza which expresses a similar sentiment, is as follows : " That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft...made him die Espied a feather of his own Wherewith he'd wont to soar so high." In Thomas Moore's poetic epistle, " Corruption," the same figure also occurs... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 426 pages
...life-drop of his bleeding breast 1" Waller's stanza which expresses a similar sentiment, is as follows : That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft...made him die Espied a feather of his own Wherewith he'd wont to soar so high. In Thomas Moore's poetic epistle, " Corruption," the same figure also occurs:... | |
 | James Clement Moffat - 1856 - 300 pages
...for him one of his own songs, occurs the following stanza : " The eagle's fate and mine was one, Who on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar BO high." What is here only a puny conceit, has been improved into the most beautiful passage in the... | |
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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. 
