"On Seeing the Elgin Marbles" (1817)
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My spirit is too weak — mortality
Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep,
And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep
Of godlike hardship tells me I must die
Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
— John Keats
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My spirit is too weak — mortality
Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep,
And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep
Of godlike hardship tells me I must die
Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky." in the context of ""On Seeing the Elgin Marbles" (1817)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Keats" (Quotes)
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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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