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Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel, While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
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This passage continues the metaphor of the eagle, emphasizing the pain of self-inflicted harm.
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