Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the... Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets - Page 295by William Howitt - 1863 - 706 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1905 - 606 pages
...may feel 1 ... like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a mild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.' AKT. IX.— TYPHOONS... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher...with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher...with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1823 - 426 pages
...deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher...with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain... | |
| Historical account - Discoveries in geography - 1836 - 510 pages
...vicinity of New Guinea to the neighbourhood of Tierra del Fuego, under the Or like stout Cortex, when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific, and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise, Silent, upon a peak in Darien." name Of TERRA AUSTRALIS NONDUM COGNITA. Of the innumerable clusters... | |
| ACCOUNT. - Discoveries in geography - 1837 - 392 pages
...the sides When a new planet swims into his ken, "r like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes Jle stared at the Pacific, and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise, bitom, upon a peak in Darien." cliffs of New Albion, in 48° north latitude, to Cape Pilaros on Tierra... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 552 pages
...deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher...with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Dänen. ON LEAVING 8ОИЕ... | |
| John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher...with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmiseSilent, upon a peak in Darien. ON LEAVING SOME FRIENDS... | |
| A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of...like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific—and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise— ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET.... | |
| Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till t heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher...like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific—and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise— Silent, upon a peak in Darlin."... | |
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