tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5850635499657049657..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: 'Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer' - RembrandtPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-28002301047504563872008-01-26T12:23:00.000+13:002008-01-26T12:23:00.000+13:00Here's a "New World" response to Homer, well sort ...Here's a "New World" response to Homer, well sort of!<BR/><BR/>Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. <I>The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900</I>.<BR/> <BR/>John Keats. 1795–1821<BR/> <BR/>634. On first looking into Chapman's Homer<BR/> <BR/>MUCH have I travell'd in the realms of gold, <BR/> And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; <BR/> Round many western islands have I been <BR/>Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. <BR/>Oft of one wide expanse had I been told 5<BR/> That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne: <BR/> Yet did I never breathe its pure serene <BR/>Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: <BR/>Then felt I like some watcher of the skies <BR/> When a new planet swims into his ken; 10<BR/>Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes <BR/> He stared at the Pacific—and all his men <BR/>Look'd at each other with a wild surmise— <BR/> Silent, upon a peak in Darien.<BR/><BR/>I've been to a spot near there, and the guy I was with started quoting this poem as we "stared at the Pacific". I chimed in as best I could. <BR/><BR/>PC, <BR/><BR/> Thanks for lifting the IQ/cultural level of the Internet (and this includes the Beer posts . . . but then my PhD dissertation was about Beer and Shakespeare!).<BR/><BR/>If I ever make it to The Antipodes, we definitely need to hoist a pint or however many.<BR/><BR/>BTW, that's The Pacific behind me at Pescadero State Beach in Northern California back when I was deeply thinking about Shakespeare, the Dutch and Kentish hops.G. E. Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940598194009064484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-4558836142713471172008-01-25T09:48:00.000+13:002008-01-25T09:48:00.000+13:00I am sure Insolent thinks we have been talking abo...I am sure Insolent thinks we have been talking about Aristotle Onassis...(!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-90650433926148998682008-01-25T09:47:00.000+13:002008-01-25T09:47:00.000+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-83504550639937986382008-01-25T09:23:00.000+13:002008-01-25T09:23:00.000+13:00If this is humour, IP, may I recommend some lesson...If this is humour, IP, may I recommend some lessons?Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-27509774077525768422008-01-25T08:21:00.000+13:002008-01-25T08:21:00.000+13:00Your name is wisely chosen IP.Your name is wisely chosen IP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-44631284605689464172008-01-24T22:34:00.000+13:002008-01-24T22:34:00.000+13:00Is this the same Aristobabble guy you were talking...Is this the same Aristobabble guy you were talking about the other day? Crikey. What a boring looking guy.<BR/><BR/>And the bust of Homer looks nothing like Homer. Homer has only three hairs, no beard, and his head is much more yellow.<BR/><BR/>This is what happens when you post high-falutin' crap like that on the interweb, PC. People will mock you and ridicule you.Insolent Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438163323894858558noreply@blogger.com