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

Quote by John Keats

Topics: Poetry Quotes

On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence.

On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence.

It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his...

It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his...

You are always new, The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

You are always new, The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

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...

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...

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

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...

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the...

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the...

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 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...

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in...

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in...

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

Away with old Romance! Away with novels, plots and plays of foreign courts; Away with...

Away with old Romance! Away with novels, plots and plays of foreign courts; Away with...

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among...

There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among...

The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is...

The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is...

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...

Merry met, and merry part, I drink to thee with all my heart.

Merry met, and merry part, I drink to thee with all my heart.

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a...

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a...