 | 1881 - 686 pages
...of Keats' ' Sonnet ' on Chapman's Homer, ' Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-hrow'd Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe...with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look at each other with a mild turmiee — Silent upon a peak in Darien.' Of course, as thought... | |
 | Samuel Waddington - 1882 - 280 pages
...INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. UCH have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which...all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. JOHN KEATS. ADDRESSED TO HAYDON. >REAT spirits now on earth are... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - 1882 - 378 pages
...CHAPMAN'S ' HOMER.' UCH have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which...all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. TO HOMER. TANDING aloof in giant ignorance, Of thee I hear and of... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1882 - 312 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...all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. And now for Chapman : Achilles' baneful wrath resound, O Goddess,... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 424 pages
...to the Greeks and their divine fables— " Oft of a wide expanse, had I been told, That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe...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."... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...Homer ruled as his mesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies...all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. JOHN K 1 1 : de and IT is the poet Uhland, from whose wreathings... | |
 | 1883 - 528 pages
...KEATS (1795-1821). Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which...wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. THE ODYSSEY. ANDREW LANG. [This sonnet Mr. Lang prefixes to the fine prose rendering of the Odyssey which... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 430 pages
...translation of Homer. " Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which...all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent — upon a peak in Darien." " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," was the poetical creed of... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 pages
...INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. MUCH have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen : Round many western islands have I been Which...all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. ON LEAVING SOME FRIENDS AT AN EARLY HOUR. GIVE me a golden pen,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 426 pages
...translation of Homer. " Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which...all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent — upon a peak in Darien." " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," was the poetical creed of... | |
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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... 
