 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...  Essays Aesthetical - Page 79by George Henry Calvert - 1875 - 264 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... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...: 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 Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...: 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 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 - 1823 - 426 pages
...: 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 Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 Pacific,...his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise, — Silent, upon a peak in Darieu. JOHN KEBLE. WHERE IS THY FAVORED HAUNT? WHERE is thy favored haunt,... | |
 | Historical account - 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. - 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 - 1840 - 552 pages
...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 Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Dänen. ON LEAVING 8ОИЕ... | |
 | 1889 - 324 pages
...COKTEZ," SILAS WEGO said, when I told him of the adventure — " —When with eagle eyee He stared at the Pacific, and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." I say "Yes," tho', to tell the truth, I was not thinking of COBTEZ... | |
 | John Keats - 1841 - 254 pages
...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 Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmiseSilent, upon a peak in Darien. ON LEAVING SOME FRIENDS... | |
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