Maxioms Pet

X
  •   20  /  42  

    Tho' he inherit
    Not the pride, nor ample pinion,
    That the Theban eagle bear,
    Sailing with supreme dominion
    Thro' the azure deep of air.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  19  /  40  

My free drift
Halts not particularly, but moves itself
In a wide sea of wax; no levelled read more

My free drift
Halts not particularly, but moves itself
In a wide sea of wax; no levelled malice
Infects one comma in the course I hold,
But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on,
Leaving no tract behind.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  19  /  29  

Bird of the broad and sweeping wing,
Thy home is high in heaven,
Where wide the storms read more

Bird of the broad and sweeping wing,
Thy home is high in heaven,
Where wide the storms their banners fling,
And the tempest clouds are driven.

by James Gates Percival Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  21  

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

by Bible Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  33  /  35  

So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain,
No more through rolling clouds to soar again,
Viewed read more

So the struck eagle, stretched 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.

  ( comments )
  36  /  45  

So, in the Libyan fable it is told
That once an eagle, stricken with a dart,
Said, read more

So, in the Libyan fable it is told
That once an eagle, stricken with a dart,
Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft,
"With our own feathers, not by others' hand
Are we now smitten."

by Aeschylus Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  23  

Around, around in ceaseless circles wheeling
With clangs of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed
Incessantly.

Around, around in ceaseless circles wheeling
With clangs of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed
Incessantly.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  21  /  40  

And little eagles wave their wings in gold.

And little eagles wave their wings in gold.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  21  /  34  

King of the peak and glacier,
King of the cold, white scalps,
He lifts his head at read more

King of the peak and glacier,
King of the cold, white scalps,
He lifts his head at that close tread,
The eagle of the Alps.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  20  /  31  

Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens?
If all the world were falcons, what of that?
read more

Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens?
If all the world were falcons, what of that?
The wonder of the eagle were the less,
But he not less the eagle.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Eagles Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet