John Keats - On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer 汉译

   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.

初读查普曼译荷马史诗有感

约翰·济慈

我游历过许多黄金的国度，

见过不少美好的城邦和王国，

还去过许多西方的岛屿，

那是诗人膜拜阿波罗的圣地。

我常听说有一片广阔无垠的地域，

浓眉的荷马在那里称王；

可我却从未领略过它纯净的空气，

直到我听见查普曼的声音无畏而高昂：

于是我的情感犹如一位观象家，

当他发现一颗新星游入视野；

或像考蒂兹用锐利如鹰的双眼

凝视着太平洋，而他的队员

在惊讶的揣测中面面相觑，

沉默无言——呆立在达利安山巅。