 | 1843 - 750 pages
...wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow d Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet did I never breathe iU pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and...like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific— and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surprise — Silent, upon a peak in... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard...like stout Cortez, when 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... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard...like stout Cortez, when 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... | |
 | 1826 - 360 pages
...of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet never did 1 breathe its pure serene, Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt 1 like some watcher of the skies, When a new planet swims into his ken : Or like stout Cortez, when... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 512 pages
...Apollo hold ; Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard...out loud and bold. Then felt I like some watcher of the skies, When a new plantt stems into his ken, Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes He star'd... | |
 | 1833 - 240 pages
...Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer rul'd as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard...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 star'd... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - 1839 - 384 pages
...Apollo hold: Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-crown'd Homer, ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold. Then I felt like some watcher of the skies, When a new planet swims into his ken, Or like stout Cortez,... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 pages
...Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard...like stout Cortez when 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... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pages
...feulty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demem Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard...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... | |
 | A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been toW That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard...Pacific—and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise— ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET. THE poetry of earth is never dead : When all the birds are... | |
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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... 
