Hidden fields
Books Books
" 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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. "
Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and ... - Page 104
by Isaac Taylor - 1898 - 400 pages
Full view - About this book

English sonnets by poets of the past, ed. by S. Waddington

Samuel Waddington - 1882 - 280 pages
...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 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...
Full view - About this book

Poet's walk, an introduction to English poetry, chosen by M. Morris

Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortoz 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. J. Keats. THE FIERY CROSS. (The Lady of the Lake.) THEN deeper paused...
Full view - About this book

The gallery of geography, a tour of the world. 6 divisions, Volume 1; Volume 81

Thomas Milner - 1882 - 262 pages
...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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise, Silent, upon a peak in Darien.' Beckoning to his followers, they ascended, and displayed the same transport....
Full view - About this book

Preparatory Greek Course in English

William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1882 - 312 pages
...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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. And now for Chapman : Achilles' baneful wrath resound, O Goddess,...
Full view - About this book

The Royal Readers: Special Canadian Series ..., Book 5

1883 - 528 pages
...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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. THE ODYSSEY. ANDREW LANG. [This sonnet Mr. Lang prefixes to the...
Full view - About this book

Wordsworth to Dobell

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 pages
...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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. ii. WRITTEN IN JANUARY, 1817. After dark vapours have oppressed...
Full view - About this book

The English poets, selections, ed. by T.H. Ward. Wordsworth to Dobell ...

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. ii. WRITTEN IN JANUARY, 1817. After dark vapours have oppressed...
Full view - About this book

Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed

Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise, — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. Onjirst looking into Chapman's Homer. E'en like the passage of an...
Full view - About this book

The Debt of Civilization to Literature: An Address Delivered at the Annual ...

James Ormsbee Murray - 1883 - 40 pages
...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 Looked at each other with a wild surmise, Silent upon a peak In Darien." • Doubtless the highest ministry here belongs to religion. Christian...
Full view - About this book

With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry

Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 pages
...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 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,...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF