Much have I travelled 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-browed 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
Looked at each other with a wild surmise—
        Silent, upon a peak in Darien.