Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats |
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It is delightful to read what , in the happy exercise of his own genius , Horace chooses to communicate of himself and of his friends ; but I confess I am not so much a lover of knowledge independent of its quality , as to make it ...
It is delightful to read what , in the happy exercise of his own genius , Horace chooses to communicate of himself and of his friends ; but I confess I am not so much a lover of knowledge independent of its quality , as to make it ...
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... of those happy hopes , to the thought of the dear delight they then derived from one single leaf of those laurels that now crowd in at the window , and which the hand is half inclined to push away to let in the fresh air of heaven .
... of those happy hopes , to the thought of the dear delight they then derived from one single leaf of those laurels that now crowd in at the window , and which the hand is half inclined to push away to let in the fresh air of heaven .
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The morning after one of these innocent and happy symposia , Haydon received a note inclosing the picturesque Sonnet " Great Spirits now on Earth are sojourning , " & c . Keats adding , that the preceding evening had wrought him up ...
The morning after one of these innocent and happy symposia , Haydon received a note inclosing the picturesque Sonnet " Great Spirits now on Earth are sojourning , " & c . Keats adding , that the preceding evening had wrought him up ...
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I shall be happy to hear any little intelligence in the literary or friendly way when you have time to scribble . 10th July , 1817 . MY DEAR SIR , A JOHN KEATS . 43.
I shall be happy to hear any little intelligence in the literary or friendly way when you have time to scribble . 10th July , 1817 . MY DEAR SIR , A JOHN KEATS . 43.
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He must have happy years to come- ' he shall not die , by God . ' " A letter from John the other day was a chief happiness to me . I made a little mistake , when , just now , I talked of being far inland .
He must have happy years to come- ' he shall not die , by God . ' " A letter from John the other day was a chief happiness to me . I made a little mistake , when , just now , I talked of being far inland .
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Página 64 - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Página 171 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the...
Página 74 - I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: // Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. // Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk, / a shattered visage lies, / whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, / Tell that its sculptor / well those passions read / Which yet survive, / stamped on these lifeless things, / The hand that mocked them, / and the heart that fed: // And on the pedestal / these words appear: // "My...
Página 68 - I think Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by Singularity — it should strike the Reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a Remembrance — 2nd.
Página 41 - I have never yet been able to perceive how any thing can be known for truth by consecutive reasoning — and yet it must be. Can it be that even the greatest philosopher ever arrived at his goal without putting aside numerous objections. However it may be, O for a Life of sensations rather than of thoughts ! It is 'a vision in the form of youth
Página 141 - I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death. Even as a Matter of present interest the attempt to crush me in the Quarterly has only brought me more into notice, and it is a common expression among book men, " I wonder the Quarterly should cut its own throat.
Página 59 - Dilke on various subjects; several things dove-tailed in my mind, and at once it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously — I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason...
Página 85 - Or may I woo thee In earlier Sicilian ? or thy smiles Seek as they once were sought, in Grecian isles, By bards who died content on pleasant sward, Leaving great verse unto a little clan ? O, give me their old vigour, and unheard Save of the quiet Primrose, and the span Of heaven and few ears, Rounded by thee, my song should die away Content as theirs, Rich in the simple worship of a day.
Página 193 - I have given up Hyperion — there were too many Miltonic inversions in it — Miltonic verse cannot be written but in an artful, or, rather, artist's humour. I wish to give myself up to other sensations. English ought to be kept up.
Página 82 - I have been hovering for some time between an exquisite sense of the luxurious, and a love for philosophy, — were I calculated for the former, I should be glad. But as I am not, I shall turn all my soul to the latter.
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| Título | Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats |
| Autor | John Keats |
| Editores | Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton (1st baron), Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) |
| Editor | G. P. Putnam, 1848 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 27 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 393 páginas |
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