I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.

Quote by John Keats

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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu

Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish...

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish...

Let us not go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like buzzing here and there for...

Let us not go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like buzzing here and there for...

Health is my expected heaven.

Health is my expected heaven.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the...

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the...

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...

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...

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.

Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.

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...

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people- it takes away the heat and fever;...

An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people- it takes away the heat and fever;...

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school...

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school...

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is...

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is...

Hat which cost little is less valued.

Hat which cost little is less valued.