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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 that... "
Lord Byron's Select Works: Consisting of Cain ... Hours of Idleness; English ... - Page 211
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 320 pages
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The remains of Henry Kirke White [ed.] with an acount of his life ..., Volume 1

Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 400 pages
...sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. 'Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck...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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The Remains of Henry Kirke White of Nottingham, Late of St. John's ..., Volume 1

Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck...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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The Remains of Henry Kirke White ...

Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 730 pages
...the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, , And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck...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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The Rhode-Island Literary Repository, Volume 1

Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 pages
...literary theft, as ever was committed by any author. Compare his lines with those of Waller. BYRON. So the struck Eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more...again ; View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart, &c. WALLER. Mine anil that Eagle's fate are one, Who...
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The Literary Panorama, Volume 6

1809 - 672 pages
...sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. Twas thine own Genius gaTe the final blow And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck Eagle stictched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the...
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The Remains of Henry Kirke White of Nottingham with an Account of ..., Volume 1

Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 pages
...sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. 'Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck...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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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1817 - 494 pages
...sowed the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck EAGLE, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his men feather on the...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 88, Part 2; Volume 124

1818 - 724 pages
...who fell a victim to his too ardent pursuit of science, with the following very striking simile: " So the struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more...soar again, View'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 nurs'd...
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English bards, and Scotch reviewers: a satire

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...the seeds , but death has reaped the fruit. 8c 'Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck Eagle stretched upon the plain , No more through rolling clouds to soar again , * HEHRT KIRKB WHITE died...
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The works of lord Byron, Volume 3

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...sow'd the seeds, but Death has reap'd the fruit. Twas thine own genius gave the final blow And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck...soar again, View'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 nurs'd...
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