 | Isaac Bassett Choate - 1891 - 356 pages
...wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe the pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and...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." It is true that... | |
 | Giosuè Carducci, Frank Sewall - 1892 - 152 pages
...ecstatic delight into these matchless lines: Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. Listen to Theocritus describing in most realistic language the Joys... | |
 | 1893 - 376 pages
...— " Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, u|xm a peak in Darien." 3. Of singleness of purpose. But you must not be drawn away by... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe...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. 11. WRITTEN IN... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1893 - 546 pages
...been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe...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. Cbapter 11. RECENT... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 702 pages
...Homer : " Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many Western islands have I been Which bards in fealty...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." The date of the incident cannot be precisely fixed, but it was... | |
 | James Logie Robertson - 1894 - 388 pages
...been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe...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 Darieu." • — On first... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 pages
...been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe...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. — JOHN KEATS.... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1895 - 358 pages
...their divine fables — " Oft of a wide expanse, had I been told, That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as Ms demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene,...all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien." This great new sea of inexhaustible story and vision which the... | |
 | 1895 - 628 pages
...been Which bards in fealty to 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...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." Our young poet... | |
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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 at... 
