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O, sorrow! Why dost borrow Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

O, sorrow! Why dost borrow Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

John Keats
Heart, Sorrow, May
John Keats (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Keats (Illustrated)”, p.153, Delphi Classics

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.

John Keats
Song, Home, Heart
"Ode to a Nightingale" l. 61 (1820)

Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown.

John Keats
Night, Voice, Bird
"Ode to a Nightingale" l. 61 (1820)

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