 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...fair, Bright, and countless, every where ! ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. MUCH have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet never did I breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 524 pages
...cannot too often be quoted. " OX FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. " Much have I travelled in the land of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen,...in fealty to Apollo hold : Oft of one wide expanse have I been told, That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet I did never breathe its pure serene... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1847 - 556 pages
...been Which biirds in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse hud I been told Thnt (l(4'|bbruw'd Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet did I never breathe...I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt 1 like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken , Or like slout Curiez when wilh... | |
 | John Keats - 1847 - 280 pages
...18, 1816. IX. ON FIBST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. Mfcii have I travell'd in the realms of gold, Round many western islands have I been Which bards...Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet did I never... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 pages
...will but please the uiore). ON READING CHAPMAN'S HOMER. " Much have I travell'd in the realms of old, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many...Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, Which deep brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene, Till I heard... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...croft, And gathering swallows twitter from the skie, Sonnet». [On Fint Looking Into Chapman's Homer.] e than human friendship just Oh ! by that retrospect...I am laid induit' Go, Henry, go not back, when I 1 been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demem Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till... | |
 | Biography - 1852 - 302 pages
...judge of poetry, been pronounced " the most splendid sonnet in the language." Much have I traveU'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Bound many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold : Oft of one wide expanse... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pages
...judge of poetry, jeen pronounced " the most splendid sonnet in the language." Huch have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been, kVhich bards in fealty to Apollo hold : Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-browed Homer... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1853 - 548 pages
...through the clear ether silently OX FIRST LOOKING INTO CIUFMAN'l ВОИН Мгсн have I travell'd in the realms of gold. And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Hound many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns I1 Pope. SONNET, ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER.2 MUCH have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many...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... | |
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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... 
