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... English Composition & Rhetoric - Page 21by Alexander Bain - 1890 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never in it by God and his country, is a victim and a sacrifice. On the Government of India. his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. On England. Happy... | |
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| James Thomas Fields - 1876 - 444 pages
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| R Roach Pittis - 424 pages
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...Oft of one wide expanse had 1 been told That deep-browed Homer ruled in his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak...like stout Cortez 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.... | |
| David H. Levy - 2003 - 200 pages
...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 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 star'd... | |
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