I have an habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am leading a posthumous existence.
JOHN KEATS
JOHN KEATS
John Keats on existence
“I have an habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am leading a posthumous existence.”
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John KeatsJohn Keats I have loved the principle of beauty in all things.
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