---

John Keats - Sonnet XI. On First Looking Into Chapman`s Homer
Work rating: Medium

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.
Source
The script ran 0.001 seconds.