 | Frances Mary Owen - English poetry - 1880 - 202 pages
...known by the sonnet written on this occasion. SONNET Off READING CHAPMAN'S HOVER. 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 did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | Education - 1916 - 762 pages
...poem, explain each passage in italics. 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-broiued Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 826 pages
...into Chapman's Homer. Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdom seen ; Round many western islands have I been. Which...deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet did I never breatflfc its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 824 pages
...gold, And many goodly states and kingdom seen ; Konnd many western islands have I been Which bards m fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his dement*! Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman ppeak ont loud and bold: Then... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Life skills - 1880 - 394 pages
...has been surpassed or even equalled. It suggested to Keats a beautiful sonnet, in which he says — "Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-browed Homer ruled as hia demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...peace descend. SIK Wfi.LiAM BLACKSTO.VE. ON FIRST LOOK IM; INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. MUCH have I travell'd Never came near thee ; Thou lovest, but ne'er knew...deep Than we mortal» dream, Or how could thy notes dcep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 pages
...reigns I 1 SONNET. ON PIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER.* MUCH have I travelled in the realms of gold, Round many western islands have I been, Which bards...in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse have I been told And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Yet never did I breathe its pure serene... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...imagination. At ten o'clock the next morning, Mr. Clarke found this sonnet by Keats ou his breakfast-table. "Much have I travelled In the realms of gold, And many goodly slate? and kingdoms seen ; Itnnnd many western inlands have I been Which hards In fealty to Apollo... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...rhyme, But spare his " Highland Mary." JOHN GBZENLEAF WHITTIEK. CDn first Cooking into Chapman's Cornet. MUCH have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many...had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his mesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud bold : Then felt... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Greece - 1882 - 312 pages
...finest sonnets in the language, as follows: ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. Much have I travel'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 did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
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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... 
