That queen of secrecy, the violet.
JOHN KEATSThat queen of secrecy, the violet.
JOHN KEATSTo stay youthful, stay useful.
JOHN KEATSIf I should die, I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have loved the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remembered.
JOHN KEATSDeath is Life’s high meed.
JOHN KEATSYou are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
JOHN KEATSI must choose between despair and Energy – I choose the latter.
JOHN KEATSWherein 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!
JOHN KEATSLife is but a day; A fragile dewdrop on its perilous way From a tree’s summit.
JOHN KEATSSome say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making.
JOHN KEATSEvery mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
JOHN KEATSYou cannot conceive how I ache to be with you: how I would die for one hour.
JOHN KEATSIf poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.
JOHN KEATSLet us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive.
JOHN KEATSWhat is more gentle than a wind is summer?
JOHN KEATSI would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
JOHN KEATSHeard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
JOHN KEATS