Keats, John
. ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN`S HOMER.
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ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN`S HOMER.
Keats, John
Forman, H. Buxton
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN KEATS
John Keats
H. Buxton Forman 5 v. 18 cm.
Gowars and Gray
Glasgow
Jan. 1st, 1901
Source copy consulted: University of Virginia Library PR4830 1900 v.1 Prepared for the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.
Published: Jan. 1st, 1901
English fiction poetry masculine LCSH
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THE COMPLETE
WORKS OF
JOHN KEATS
EDITED BY
H. BUXTON FOREMAN
VOL.I.
POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1817
ENDYMION
GOWARS & GRAY,
GLASGOW
Jan.1st 1901
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ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER.
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:
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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.
