I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.
JOHN KEATSThat queen of secrecy, the violet.
More John Keats Quotes
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To stay youthful, stay useful.
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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 have loved the principle of beauty in all things.
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What is there in thee, Moon! That thou should’st move My heart so potently?
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Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.
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Many have original minds who do not think it – they are led away by custom!
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Whatever the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth -whether it existed before or not.
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If poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.
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The poetry of earth is never dead When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide I cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead.
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Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern? Have ye tippled drink more fine Than mine host’s Canary wine?
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I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.
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The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
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Shed no tear – O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more – O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root’s white core.
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There is a budding tomorrow in midnight.
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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
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