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In "pride of place" here last the Eagle flew.
Stanza xviii. line 5.
"Pride of place" is a term of falconry, and means the highest pitch of flight. See Macbeth, etc.—
"An eagle towering in his pride of place
Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and killed."
["A falcon towering in her pride of place," etc.
Macbeth, act ii. sc. 4, line 12.]
