 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 the...  The Classical Journal - Page 521826Full view - About this book
 | 1883 - 528 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed 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... | |
 | Andrew Motion - 1999 - 702 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed 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... | |
 | James Carter - 1999 - 286 pages
...hold. Oft of wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed 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... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - 2002 - 302 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-browed 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... | |
 | Henry James - 2000 - 478 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed 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... | |
 | Homer - 2000 - 982 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse have I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet never did I 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... | |
 | Martin Montgomery - 2000 - 390 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... | |
 | Allan C. Christensen - 2000 - 340 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed 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... | |
 | Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 pages
...Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne2; 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 ' Chapman's Homer: George Chapman, Klizabethan poet, translated Homer.... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1843 - 686 pages
...expanse had I l>een told, That rteep-hrow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe his 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 Cortex, when... | |
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