Quotes from John Keats
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.
— John Keats
The air I breathe in a room empty of you is unhealthy.
— John Keats
I wish to believe in immortality - I wish to live with you forever.
— John Keats
When I have fears that I may cease to beBefore my pen has glean'd my teeming brain.
— John Keats
Endymion received mostly negative criticism after its release and Keats himself admitted its diffuse and unappealing style. It was damned by many critics, giving rise to Byron's quip that Keats was ultimately "snuffed out by an article", suggesting that he never truly got over the criticism the poem received.
— John Keats
I met a lady in the meadsFull beautiful, a faery's child;Her hair was long, her foot was light,And her eyes were wild.
— John Keats
Besides, a long poem is a test of invention, which I take to be the Polar star of Poetry, as Fancy is the sails - and Imagination the rudder.
— John Keats
Love is my religion - I could die for it.
— John Keats
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced — even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it
— John Keats
In passing however I must say of one thing that has pressed upon me lately and encreased my Humility and capability of submission and that is this truth - Men of Genius are great as certain ethereal Chemicals operating on the Mass of neutral intellect - but they have not any individuality, any determined Character - I would call the top and head of those who have a proper self Men of Power.
— John Keats
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— John Keats
The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children.
— John Keats