 | 1884 - 616 pages
...UNCRITICAL PEOPLE. XVIII.— AS YOU LIKE IT. (Published 1623; supposed date, 1600.) ' Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...have I been, Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.' How many different regions are there in ' the realms of gold,' the enchanted lands created by poet... | |
 | Homer - Fiction - 2000 - 982 pages
...horse-taming Hector's rites gave up his soul to rest. INTRODUCTION TO THE ODYSSEY Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse have I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet never did I breathe its pure serene... | |
 | David S. Ferris - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 276 pages
...associated with an act of reading. This emphasis is reiterated in the opening lines: Much have I travelled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.'9 As the locations described in these lines indicate, the poet is essentially a tourist who has... | |
 | Frances Mayes - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 548 pages
..."pouncing rhyme." ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER' (John Keats, 1795-1821) Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne2; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 688 pages
...dogs.) One of Keats' superb sonnets is On First Looking Into Chapman 's Homer: Much have I traveled in the realms of gold And many goodly states and kingdoms...Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told The deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne: Yet never did I breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - English poetry - 1999 - 306 pages
...thy haunts two kindred spirits flee. 302. On First Looking into Chapman's Homer Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman... | |
 | Simon Goldhill - Foreign Language Study - 2002 - 340 pages
...it: the glance and not the studied gaze. What form of attention is Keats holding up to your scrutiny? Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold And many...have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Keats came from a lower-class and poorly educated background, but 'even if we were ignorant of Keats'... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1843 - 686 pages
...interest of this republication. ' Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold. And many goodly states ami kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which bards, In fealty to Apollo liold. Oft of one wide expanse had I l>een told, That rteep-hrow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet... | |
 | Sharon Bryan, William Olsen - Literary Collections - 2003 - 378 pages
...books, especially as he suggests in his "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer"— Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and...fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had 1 been told That deep-browed Homer ruled in his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till... | |
 | Esther Sánchez-Pardo - Family & Relationships - 2003 - 510 pages
...facilitate the follow-up of Klein's reading: "Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, / And many godly states and kingdoms seen; / Round many western islands...expanse had I been told / That deep-brow'd Homer ruled at his demesne: / Yet did I never breathe its pure serene / Till l heard Chapman speak out loud and... | |
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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... 
