Chapman-Homer
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer - Keats Poem
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 stared at the Pacific—and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise—
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
I found a similar inspiration and doorway into Hindu, Christian, and Greek texts with the interpretations of Sri Yogananda and Sri Kriyananda… also a greater appreciation of poetry and PG Wodehouse!
The picture is a re-imagining of the Guardian of Forever doorway from Star Trek The Original Series (TOS).
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 stared at the Pacific—and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise—
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
I found a similar inspiration and doorway into Hindu, Christian, and Greek texts with the interpretations of Sri Yogananda and Sri Kriyananda… also a greater appreciation of poetry and PG Wodehouse!
The picture is a re-imagining of the Guardian of Forever doorway from Star Trek The Original Series (TOS).