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On First Looking into Chapman's HomerRelated Poem Content BY JOHN KEATS


On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
BY JOHN KEATS

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, 
   And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; 
   Round many western islands have I 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 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 star'd at the Pacific—and all his men 
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise— 
   Silent, upon a peak in Darien. 

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