~from
The Tragedy of King Richard II (Act 3, Scene 3) (1623) by
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MobRic2.htmlYet looks he like a king: behold, his eye,As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forthControlling majesty: alack, alack, for woe,That any harm should stain so fair a show!~from
Moby-Dick (Chapter 96:
The Try-Works) (1851) by
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mel2Mob.htmlThere is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he forever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.~from
Love's Phases (1899) by
Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906) http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar/poetryindex/love%27s_phases.html
Love hath the wings of the eagle bold,Cling to him stronglyWhat if the look of the world be cold,And life go wrongly?Rest on his pinions, for broad is their fold;Love hath the wings of the eagle bold.
~from What the Eagle Says (1999) by Xi Chuan (born Liu Jun, 1963)
http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/crevel.html
Among men there are men who are not men, just like among eagles there are eagles that are not eagles: there are eagles that are forced to pace up and down the alleyways, and there are men who are forced to fly through the air.