She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. ] Where she and her young are safe: so Pliny
FOOTNOTES:
F18 says, eagles make their nests in rocks, even in the precipices of them, as the philosopher quoted in the preceding verse; and here on the tooth, edge, or precipice of the rock, which is inaccessible, and so like a strong fortified place.
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"Was it through your know how that the hawk learned to fly, soaring effortlessly on thermal updrafts?
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Did you command the eagle's flight, and teach her to build her nest in the heights,
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Perfectly at home on the high cliff-face, invulnerable on pinnacle and crag?
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From her perch she searches for prey, spies it at a great distance.
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Her young gorge themselves on carrion; wherever there's a roadkill, you'll see her circling."
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