| Aristophanes - 1861 - 262 oldal
...use of by Waller, as quoted by Porson and Wheelwright : — " 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 soar so high." And by Byron, also, in his " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," in the beautiful lines... | |
| Charles Spence (of Liverpool.) - 1863 - 60 oldal
...all her faults she is my country still." Byron also quotes the line from Cowper in " Beppo." " That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft...Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." Waller. " So the struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to... | |
| John Mackay Wilson - 1863 - 544 oldal
...the promise also." If Balgarnie had been a reader, he might have remembered Waller's verse — "That eagle's fate and mine are one, "Which on the shaft...Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." So Mysie gained her plea, and the marriage with Anabella, for whom she had embroidered the... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 oldal
...vile thing to die, my gracious lord, When men are uuprepar'd, and look not for it. AVI GLE. — That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Ennv'da feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. WALLER. — To a Lady singing. Like... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 oldal
...Girdle. How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair. Go, locely Rose. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft...Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.* To a Lady sinying a Song of his composing. MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. 1612-1650. He either fears... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 oldal
...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,...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 reflexion of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 292 oldal
...best-f And here let Shee J and Genius find a place, Whose pen and pencil yield an equal grace; * [That eagle's fate and mine are one, 'Which on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own To guide whose hand the sister arts combine, And trace the poet's or the painter's line ; Whose magic... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 432 oldal
...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...Espied a 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... | |
| Charles Edwards - 1867 - 534 oldal
...annoyed by the incident and was' not much relieved by his opponent's quoting : " The eagle's fate and his are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own Wherewith he wont to Boar so high." These are from Waller's verses to a lady singing a song of his composing : " Chloris... | |
| Henry Morley - 1868 - 282 oldal
...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...Espied a 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... | |
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