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. Byron - Page 26by John Nichol - 1902 - 223 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 AND CYCLONES ZVie Cyclones of... | |
| 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...Pacific— and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surprise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." The following, though unfinished, and though one " cannot... | |
| 1823 - 428 pages
...gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain to be noticed two poems of Shakespeare : the... | |
| 1823 - 428 pages
...gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain to be noticed two poems of Shakespeare : the... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 426 pages
...gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." There still remain to be noticed two poems of Shakespeare : the... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 512 pages
...the skies, When a new plantt stems into his ken, Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes He star'd at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise, Silent, upon a peak in Darien. Modern criticism has made the public well acquainted with the merits... | |
| Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 240 pages
...skies, When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes He star'd at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. EDWARD LORD THURLOW. TO A BIRD, THAT HAUNTED THE WATERS OF LAKEN,... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 pages
...gold. And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Dänen. ON LEAVING 8ОИЕ FRIENDS AT AN EARLT HOUR GIVE me a golden pen,... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 554 pages
...skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared nt the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild i Silent, upon a peak in Danen. ON LEAYING SOME FRIENDS AT AN EARLY HOC« GIYE me a golden pen, and... | |
| John Keats - 1841 - 254 pages
...gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse...— and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmiseSilent, upon a peak in Darien. ON LEAVING SOME FRIENDS AT AN EARLY HOUR. GIVE me a golden pen,... | |
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