 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...  Poétique anglaise - Seite 139von Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...wonders I shall sing. TO A LADY, SINGING A BONG OP HIS COMPOSING. CIII.ORIS, yourself you so excel, ow, no secret curse Swells in the farmer's breast, which his pale lips Trembling conceal leaching, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espy'da... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 Seiten
...very prejudices were respectable."— LE] (10) This beautiful thought may be found in /falter.- — ge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail. ' I ) Some yean afterwards, Lo E*pird a feather of liis own, 63: Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 648 Seiten
...Clitoris, yourself you so excel, When you vouchsafe to breathe my thoughts, That like a spirit, with a spell Of my own teaching I am caught. " 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."... | |
 | 1841 - 808 Seiten
...lines on Kirke White, which are generally considered to have been suggested by this verse of Waller's : That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own Wherewith lie wont to soar on high. The idea has been traced to JEschylus,... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 304 Seiten
...yourself you so excel, That like a spirit, with a spell When you vouchsafe to breathe my thoughts, Of my own teaching I am caught. " 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."... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 Seiten
...frigidiore sitim. . в. XCIX. Ш a Haög singing a S»ong of bis composing. CHLORIS, yourself you so excel, When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought, That, like...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'... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 342 Seiten
...XCVIII. ANTHOLOGIA OXONIENSIS. XCIX. singing as?ong of l)ts composing. CHLORIS, yourself YOU so excel, When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought, That, like...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'... | |
 | 1846 - 526 Seiten
...stanzas which express a similar sentiment, are as follows : " Chloris, yourself you so excel, Whenyon vouchsafe to breathe my thought, That like a spirit...mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own wherewith he'd wont to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus'... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 388 Seiten
...in silence by, And only of the ill complain. A pretty conceit of Waller's is to be found in Bertaut. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Waller — To a Lady singing a Song of his composing. Non, non, rien que notre manie Ne tient sa puissance... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 354 Seiten
...in silence by, And only of the ill complain. A pretty conceit of Waller's is to be found in Bertaut. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Waller — To a Lady singing a Song of his composing. Non, non, rien que notre manie Ne tient sa puissance... | |
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