John Keats Quotes
1795–1821 England
John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.
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Also known as: Keats, Keats, John
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Music's golden tongue
Flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor.
'Tis the pest
Of love, that fairest joys give most unrest.
And for her eyes: what could such eyes do there
But weep, and weep, that they were born so fair?
The poetry of earth is never dead;
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The poetry of earth is ceasing never.
He ne'er is crown'd
With immortality, who fears to follow
Where airy voices lead.
In spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.
And they are gone: ay, ages long ago
These lovers fled away into the storm.
Ere music's golden tongue
Flattered to tears this aged man and poor.
Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain
Clings cruelly to us.
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone!
Sweet voice, sweet lips, soft hand, and softer breast.
“For cruel ’tis,” said she,
“To steal my Basil-pot away from me.”
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Keats (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.