 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - England - 1907 - 512 pages
...his lines To a Lady : The 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. As "the greatest refiner of our English language in poetry," he was held after Cowley's death to dominate... | |
 | Oswald John Fredeick Crawford - 1910 - 220 pages
...teaching, I am caught. 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 return'd, Not for reflection of his face,... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - English language - 1913 - 280 pages
...Waller's conceit : — " The eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that saw him die, Espied a feather of his own Wherewith he wont to soar so high." The great similes of classic poetry find frequent imitation. Thus we may trace one simile (of dead... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...Golden Year. L. 37. 11 That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied PER — The Progress of Error. L. 518. 8 EDMUND WALLER — To a Lady Singing a Song of his Composing. Ep. XIV. (See also J&CHYLUS) 13 EARS (See... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...POHT'S ADMIRATION. 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. To a Lady singing a Smg of hit Competing- ^- WALLER. Is she not more than painting can express, Or... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 658 pages
...teaching I am caught. The Eagle's fate and mine is one, That 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,... | |
 | Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 544 pages
...teaching I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shafi 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,... | |
 | Lawrence O. Koch - Social Science - 1988 - 356 pages
...(October-December 1947) 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. Edmund Waller — To a lady singing a song of his composing. As one views the New York scene in the... | |
 | 1901 - 28 pages
...teaching, I am caught, 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1106 pages
...POET'S ADMIRATION. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied sign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an To a Lady singing a Song of his Composing, E. WALLER. Is she not more than painting can express, Or... | |
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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. 
