John Keats, "Sonnet to Fanny Brawne", lines 5–9, The Complete Poetical Works of John Keats, p. 379 (1900).
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Faded the flower and all its budded charms, Faded the sight of beauty from my eyes, Faded the shape of beauty from my arms, Faded the voice, warmth, whiteness, paradise! Vanish'd unseasonably …
— John Keats on Mortality
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Source: Wikiquote: "Mortality" (Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989))
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About John Keats
John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.
About John Keats
John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.
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