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" 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. "
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by John Nichol - 1902 - 223 pages
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1847 - 206 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet never did I breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. KEATS. FROM CHAPMAN'S TRANSLATION OF HOMER. ILIAD I. THE youths...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet never did I breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. FROM CHAPMAN'S TRANSLATION OF HOMER. • ILIAD I. &I)r Banquet,...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 pages
...planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes He star'd at the Pacific'*1 — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.11 occasion. The Spaniard was too original and ardent a man either...
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The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Mary Botham Howitt - 1853 - 548 pages
...bold: Then felt t like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken, Or like sloul Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Da rien. ON LEAVING 6OMK FRIENDS AT AH KAJU.I ВОП GIVE me a golden pen,...
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Lives of the illustrious. The Biographical magazine [ed. by J.P. Edwards].

Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pages
...the skies, When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like sUmt 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. Leigh Hunt remarks, it is " epical in the splendour and dignity...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...like some watcher of the skies, When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortcz, 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 Durien. (1) Isaia'i li.fi: Hv. 10. THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE.1 How sleep2...
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The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with ..., Volume 1

Homerus - 1857 - 364 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...wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." The opinions of Coleridge, Lamb, and Mr. EH Home, might lead the reader to infer that Chapman's noble work,...
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A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serena Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold ; Then felt...— and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmisn— Silent upon a peak in Darien. KEATS. * History require* that we should hen read Bulftoa....
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Versiones Homeri Anglicae

David George Penon - 1861 - 68 pages
...skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortex, when with eagle eyes lie stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peal; in Darien." JOHK KKATS. Magnam litterae Anglicae versionum Homericarum versibus...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez—when with eagle eyes lK- stared at the Pacific, and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise— Silent, upon a peak in Uarien. ?. teats ODE OV THE POETS •—Yes, and those of heaven commune With...
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