| Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 516 páginas
...victims of the enthusiasm of study, and are mourned by the few who are organised like themselves. " Twos thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid the« low ; So the struck eagle, stretch 'd upon the plain, No moro through rolling clouds to soar... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 380 páginas
...sow'd the seeds, hut death has reap'd the fruit, 'Twas thiae own genius gave the final olow, And heip'd to plant the wound that laid thee low ; So the struck...soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, Which wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart : Keen were his pangs, hut keener far to feel He... | |
| 1841 - 814 páginas
...accelerated by the ardour and enthusiasm with which he prosecuted his favourite studies. " 'Twas his own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low." We fancy we hear some laborious and enthusiastic student, whose declining health, induced... | |
| Pye Henry Chavasse - 1843 - 320 páginas
...Yes ! she too much indulged thy fond pursuit; She sowed the seeds, but death has reap'd the fruit. 'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd...plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 páginas
...she too much indulged thy fond pursnit, She sow'd the seeds, but Death has reap'd the fruit. 'T was thine own genius gave the final blow. And help'd to...stretch'd upon the plain. No more through rolling elouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1844 - 526 páginas
...! Yes, she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, She 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: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 páginas
...the Address In answer to the King's Speech. The following are the Un« quoted by Mr. Bankes : — " So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain. No more through rolling clouds to loar again. MT. 33. TURNER'S TRAVELS. 4.97 " Belzoni ua grand traveller, and his English is very prettily... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 páginas
...praise my rhymes might deserve, at all events not by extortion, and the humble solicit> [" So the Itruck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Vlew'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wingM the .haft that qulyer'd In his heart," 4c. Enfliik... | |
| 636 páginas
...nursing his body for Christ" another. In this our brother erred ; but, hush ! " TVhile his own ardour gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid him low," it was permitted by the inscrutable providence of Him, one of whose most " wonderful counsels"... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 páginas
...sowed the seed, 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 own feather... | |
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