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John Keats was an English poet born in London in 1795. He was apprenticed to a surgeon but gave up medicine to pursue poetry. Keats's poems were published in three slim volumes in the early 1820s. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. Keats is considered one of the greatest English poets of the Romantic era. His poems are known for their beauty, passion, and vivid imagery.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

John Keats

I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

John Keats

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

John Keats

Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know

John Keats

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.

John Keats

I have been astonished that men could die martyrsfor their religion--I have shuddered at it,I shudder no more.I could be martyred for my religion.Love is my religionand I could die for that.I could die for you.My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet.

John Keats

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

John Keats

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

John Keats

Life is but a day;A fragile dew-drop on its perilous wayFrom a tree’s summit.

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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter

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Here lies one whose name was writ on water.

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