Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Quote by John Keats

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass...

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass...

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe...

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and...

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and...

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer...

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer...

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour...

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...

Then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love...

Then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love...

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does...

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does...

When I have fears that I may cease to be, Before my pen has gleaned...

When I have fears that I may cease to be, Before my pen has gleaned...

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who...

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who...

Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who...

Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who...

Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy...

Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy...

With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates...

With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates...

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick...

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick...

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of...

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of...

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact...

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact...

One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.

One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...