129. THE EAGLE. You will find the fable in English on this page; scroll to see if there are multiple English versions. [more info]
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The Eagle and the Arrow
028. THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW. A most rapacious Eagle had his eyrie on a lofty rock. Sitting there, he could watch the movements of the animals he wished to make his prey, and, waiting his opportunity, seize them and bear them away. The poor creatures had no protection from such a foe. But an archer saw him one day watching, from his place of concealment, the movements of an unsuspicious hare; and, taking aim, he wounded him mortally. The Eagle gave one look at the Arrow that had entered his heart, and saw that its feathers had been furnished by himself, when descending to secure prey.
"Ah!" said the Eagle, "it is indeed a double grief that I should perish by an Arrow feathered from my own wing." [more info]
"Ah!" said the Eagle, "it is indeed a double grief that I should perish by an Arrow feathered from my own wing." [more info]
The Eagle and the Arrow
103. THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW. AN EAGLE sat on a lofty rock, watching the movements of a Hare whom he sought to make his prey. An archer, who saw the Eagle from a place of concealment, took an accurate aim and wounded him mortally. The Eagle gave one look at the arrow that had entered his heart and saw in that single glance that its feathers had been furnished by himself. “It is a double grief to me,” he exclaimed, “that I should perish by an arrow feathered from my own wings.”
A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness. [more info]
A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness. [more info]
The Bird Wounded by an Arrow
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02.06: THE BIRD WOUNDED BY AN ARROW.
A bird, with plumèd arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
'Alas!' she cried, 'the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, ye cruel race,
For you must often take our place.'
The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.
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A bird, with plumèd arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
'Alas!' she cried, 'the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, ye cruel race,
For you must often take our place.'
The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.
[more info]
The Eagle and the Arrow
75. THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW. An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the Arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes. "Alas!" it cried, as it died, "we often give our enemies the means for our own destruction." [more info]
The Eagle and the Arrow
14. THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW.
An Eagle, following a Hare,
Lit on a rock. While perching there,
A hunter, on the watch for game,
Spied him and taking careful aim
Shot from his bow a winged dart
That pierced the Eagle thro' the heart.
As from his side he strove to draw
The dart, the stricken creature saw
Its feather came from his own wing.
"Alas! Death has a double sting!"
Cried he, "for all too late I know
'Tis my own Pride that lays me low!" [more info]
An Eagle, following a Hare,
Lit on a rock. While perching there,
A hunter, on the watch for game,
Spied him and taking careful aim
Shot from his bow a winged dart
That pierced the Eagle thro' the heart.
As from his side he strove to draw
The dart, the stricken creature saw
Its feather came from his own wing.
"Alas! Death has a double sting!"
Cried he, "for all too late I know
'Tis my own Pride that lays me low!" [more info]
The Bird Wounded by an Arrow
034. THE BIRD WOUNDED BY AN ARROW.
A bird, with plumèd arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
'Alas!' she cried, 'the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, ye cruel race,
For you must often take our place.'
The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.
[more info]
A bird, with plumèd arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
'Alas!' she cried, 'the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, ye cruel race,
For you must often take our place.'
The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.
[more info]
The Eagle and the Arrow
03. THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW. An Eagle that was watching upon a Rock once for a Hare, had the ill Hap to be struck with an Arrow. This Arrow it seems was feather’d from her own Wing, which very Consideration went nearer her Heart, she said, than Death itself.
Nothing goes nearer a Man in his Misfortunes, than to find himself undone by his own folly, or but any way accessary to his own Ruin. [more info]
Nothing goes nearer a Man in his Misfortunes, than to find himself undone by his own folly, or but any way accessary to his own Ruin. [more info]
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