 | Christianity - 1843 - 750 pages
...is nearly faultless, and the picturesque touch at the end above all praise. " 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 iU pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | Arminianism - 1865 - 1194 pages
...ode: — " Much have I travell'd in (he realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms teen ; Round many western islands have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo bold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow "d Homer ruled as hii demesne ; Yet did... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...written on the subject of his first reading Chapman's Homer. It is as follows : " 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... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...written on the subject of his first reading Chapman's Homer. It is as follows : " 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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 906 pages
...have a less chance of circulation than those of the others above-enumerated. 'Much have I travel! 'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft df one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Library catalogs - 1826 - 672 pages
...have a less chance of circulation than those of the others above-enumerated. 'Much have 1 travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have 1 been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-brow'd... | |
 | Classical philology - 1826 - 360 pages
...will pardon an additional citation from this excellent and most genuine poet. Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have 1 been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo held. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-brow'd... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Authors - 1828 - 512 pages
...a remarkable instance of a vein prematurely masculine. ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER. Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Authors - 1828 - 500 pages
...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...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 stout Cortez, when... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...vision, or a waking dream ? Fled is that music: — do I wake or sleep ? ON READING CHAPMAN'S HOMER. MUCH have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly...and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have 1 been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had 1 been told That deep-browed... | |
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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... 
