John Keats
John Keats
John Keatswas an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his work having been in publication for only four years before his death...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth31 October 1795
imagination atheism literature
My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.
human-nature fine scenery
Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.
ambition alertness countenance
Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.
writing next world
I am convinced more and more day by day that fine writing is next to fine doing, the top thing in the world.
spring flower juice
Even bees, the little almsmen of spring bowers, know there is richest juice in poison-flowers.
love stars night
I don't need the stars in the night I found my treasure All I need is you by my side so shine forever
food book wine
Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.
flower air rose
Parting they seemed to tread upon the air, Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart Only to meet again more close.
heart adoption my-heart
I have so much of you in my heart.
music spiritual sweet
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
art stars night
Bright 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.
believe forever wish
I wish to believe in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.
love marriage summer
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.
love life beauty
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.