 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...  The Acharnians, Knights, Wasps and Birds of Aristophanes, tr. by a graduate ... - Sida 214efter Aristophanes, John Wood Warter - 1830 - 252 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 sidor
...veuchfafe to brwth 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 that made him die Eipy'da Feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to foar fi> high. Had Eccho, with fo fweet a Grace, N*rci/us'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 sidor
...objected that he was superficial. Dr. Johnson defended him warmly'. He said, ' Pennant has greater variety 'That 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.' Epistle to a Lady. Anderson's Poets, v. 480. ' See ante, iii. 308,... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 472 sidor
...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, Espy'da feather of his own , Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus' loud complaints return'd... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 sidor
...&c. so that I would have exhibited a general view of their poesie, throughout its different ages." That 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. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints return'd,... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 sidor
...vouchsafe to breathe my thought, I'imt, like a spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am canght. 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'... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 472 sidor
...spirit, with this spell Of my own teachbg, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one AVhich , on the shaft that made him die, Espy'da feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace . Narcissus' loud complaints return'd;,.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 386 sidor
...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 that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he used to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus'... | |
 | 1810 - 286 sidor
...teaching, — I am caught. * This poison, my reader will recollect, was administered to the ear. The Eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Esp/da feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.* Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus'... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 sidor
...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, Espy'da feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high, Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus' loud complaints return'd,... | |
 | 1822 - 694 sidor
...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 that made him die Espy'da feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Waller. — Tô a Lady tinging a Song of kit comparing. Non, non,... | |
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