| Henry Kirke White - 1854 - 336 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...low. So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, * Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the... | |
| John Todd - 1854 - 326 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...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... | |
| Charles Thomas Browne - 1854 - 356 páginas
...entrance at Cambridge turned his mind, alas ! too intensely to more severe and consuming studies. " "Twas thine own Genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid tile* low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 páginas
...indulged thy fond pursuit, 'She aow'd the seeds, but death has rcap'd the fruit 'Twns thine own grain* gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the stnick ea^le, stretch'd upon the plain, Xo more through rolling clouds to soar again. View'd his own... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1855 - 508 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...again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quiver'd in his heart Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel, He nursed... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1855 - 870 páginas
...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... | |
| George Lewis Prentiss - 1855 - 598 páginas
...allusion to the death of a kindred spirit : " 'Twas thy 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 in the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 páginas
...she too much indulged thy fond pursuit, 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 plant the wound that laid thce low: So the. struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 410 páginas
...the seeds, but Death has reaped the fruit. 'T was thine own genius gave the fatal 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 on the... | |
| James Clement Moffat - 1856 - 300 páginas
...— that on the death of Henry Kirk White: " ' 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 on the... | |
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