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John Keats Quotes - Page 5

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

Letter to James Hessey, 8 October 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 374

Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.

John Keats (2002). “Selected Letters”, p.69, Oxford University Press, USA

What is more gentle than a wind is summer?

John Keats (2009). “Complete Poems and Selected Letters of John Keats”, p.114, Modern Library

The feel of not to feel it, When there is none to heal it Nor numbed sense to steel it.

John Keats (2015). “John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets”, p.117, e-artnow

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.

John Keats (2009). “Selected Letters of John Keats: Revised Edition”, p.313, Harvard University Press

I have nothing to speak of but my self-and what can I say but what I feel.

Letter to John Hamilton Reynolds, August 24, 1819.

O aching time! O moments big as years!

'Hyperion: A Fragment' (1820) bk. 1, l. 64

My chest of books divide amongst my friends.

Last poem which doubled as his last will and testament,

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

John Keats, Helen Vendler (1990). “Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard”, p.32, Harvard University Press

I will clamber through the clouds and exist.

John Keats (1914*). “The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats”, p.295, Рипол Классик

There is an old saying "well begun is half done"-'tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all 'til half done.

John Keats (2015). “John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets”, p.414, e-artnow

I am convinced more and more day by day that fine writing is next to fine doing, the top thing in the world.

Letter to J. H. Reynolds, 24 August 1819, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 2, p. 146

There is an awful warmth about my heart like a load of immortality.

Letter to J. H. Reynolds, 22 September 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 370

The poppies hung Dew-dabbled on their stalks.

John Keats (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.24

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold.

1815 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer', l.1. (Published in The Examiner 1816.)

I wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.

John Keats (1820). “The Complete Works of John Keats”, p.186

With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration.

John Keats (2015). “The Complete Poetry of John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn + Ode to a Nightingale + Hyperion + Endymion + The Eve of St. Agnes + Isabella + Ode to Psyche + Lamia + Sonnets and more from one of the most beloved English Romantic poets”, p.186, e-artnow

Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings?

John Keats, Helen Vendler (1990). “Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard”, p.20, Harvard University Press