Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Quote by John Keats

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O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song!

O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song!

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...

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my...

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my...

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...

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He...

You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He...

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...

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.

He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms...

Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

I wish to beleave in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.

I wish to beleave in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil