You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task.

Quote by John Keats

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced; even a proverb is no proverb to...

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced; even a proverb is no proverb to...

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...

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...

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Love is my religion - I could die for it.

Love is my religion - I could die for it.

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.

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 am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth...

I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth...

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...

Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

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...

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.