 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. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face, But of his...  Poems, &c. Written Upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons - 58. oldalszerző: Edmund Waller - 1722 - 284 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1877 - 362 oldal
...Spanish Friar. — The air is full of farewells to the DYING. LONGFELLOW, Resignation. E. Eagle. — 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. E. WALLER, To a Lady Ringing a Song... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 oldal
...they all forbear : Those cheerful singers know not why The)- should make any haste to die. WALLER. The 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 on high. WALLER. The lark still shuns on lofty... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 oldal
...— The air is full of farewells to the DYING. LONGFELLOW, Resignation. E. Eagle. — 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. E. WALLER, To a Lady Singing a Song... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1879 - 184 oldal
...¿Хигкореава. Our own poet Waller uses the idea in a quatrain to a lady who sang his verses : The 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. 815. SwdpTTjv] He puns on the meaning... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 oldal
...home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. 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. To a Lady Singing a Song of his Composing.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 oldal
...tints to-morrow with prophetic ray ! Tile Bride o/ Abydos, Cant. H. BYROX. THE POET'S ADMIRATION. That t Wilson Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. To a I.ady singing a Son? t'/hii Ccinfcsinf.... | |
 | 1883 - 502 oldal
...again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart " 44 The 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." Waller. *4 Like a young eagle, who... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 oldal
...forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. Dirine Love. Canto iii. 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.1 To a Lady singing a Sony of his Composing.... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - 1885 - 264 oldal
...particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me." — Airs Well. Or take Waller's conceit : — " The eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that saw him die, Espied a feather of his own Wherewith he wont to soar so high." The great similes of classic... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 oldal
...CHLORIS SINGING A SONG OF His COMPOSING. CHLORIS ! yourself you so excel, When you 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, Espied a feather of his... | |
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