Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.
JOHN KEATSIf poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.
More John Keats Quotes
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There is an old saying “well begun is half done”-’tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all ’til half done.
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I wish to believe in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.
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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
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You have absorb’d me. I have a sensation at the present moment as though I was dissolving.
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I have loved the principle of beauty in all things.
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The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
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Wherein lies happiness? In that which becks Our ready minds to fellowship divine, A fellowship with essence; till we shine, Full alchemiz’d, and free of space. Behold The clear religion of heaven!
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I want a brighter word than bright.
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The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.
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Love is my religion – I could die for it.
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If something is not beautiful, it is probably not true.
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Many have original minds who do not think it – they are led away by custom!
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I have so much of you in my heart.
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