If poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.
JOHN KEATSBright star, would I were steadfast as thou art– Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite.
More John Keats Quotes
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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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There is a budding tomorrow in midnight.
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And when thou art weary I’ll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
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I have loved the principle of beauty in all things.
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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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I want a brighter word than bright.
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Stop and consider! life is but a day
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The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone!
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I have an habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am leading a posthumous existence.
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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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Like a mermaid in sea-weed, she dreams awake, trembling in her soft and chilly nest.
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I wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.
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The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
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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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