If poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.
JOHN KEATSEverything that reminds me of her goes through me like a spear.
More John Keats Quotes
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Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright. And the stars they glisten, glisten, Seeming with bright eyes to listen- For what listen they?
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Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success.
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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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Philosophy will clip an angel’s wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine – Unweave a rainbow.
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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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I wish you could invent some means to make me at all happy without you. Every hour I am more and more concentrated in you; everything else tastes like chaff in my mouth.
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The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone!
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I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
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I have loved the principle of beauty in all things.
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Love is my religion – I could die for it.
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One of the most mysterious of semi-speculations is, one would suppose, that of one Mind’s imagining into another
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There is a budding tomorrow in midnight.
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A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.
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I will clamber through the clouds and exist.
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Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
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