Conversation is not a search after knowledge, but an endeavor at effect. John Keats More Quotes by John Keats More Quotes From John Keats Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---"On death John Keats phantomsdreamsleep I never knew before, what such a love as you have made me feel, was; I did not believe in it; my Fancy was afraid of it, lest it should burn me up. But if you will fully love me, though there may be some fire, 'twill not be more than we can bear when moistened and bedewed with Pleasures. John Keats loveromanticbelieve Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know. I admire lolling on a lawn by a water-lilied pond to eat white currants and see goldfish: and go to the fair in the evening if I'm good. There is not hope for that -one is sure to get into some mess before evening. John Keats winedoorsbook That queen of secrecy, the violet. John Keats queensflowerviolet I am sailing with thee through the dizzy sky! How beautiful thou art! John Keats skybeautifulart I could be martyred for my religion. Love is my religion and I could die for that. I could die for you. John Keats beautiful-loveinspirationlove-is I have an habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am leading a posthumous existence. John Keats realfeelingspast Load every rift with ore. John Keats riftloadcrafts I always made an awkward bow. John Keats bowsawkwardfarewell How astonishingly does the chance of leaving the world improve a sense of its natural beauties upon us. Like poor Falstaff, although I do not 'babble,' I think of green fields; I muse with the greatest affection on every flower I have know from my infancy - their shapes and colours are as new to me as if I had just created them with superhuman fancy. John Keats flowerdeaththinking 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 donehalfuse Severn - I - lift me up - I am dying - I shall die easy; don't be frightened - be firm, and thank God it has come. John Keats thank-goddyingeasy Closer of lovely eyes to lovely dreams, Lover of loneliness, and wandering, Of upcast eye, and tender pondering! Thee must I praise above all other glories That smile us on to tell delightful stories. John Keats lonelinesseyedream Through buried paths, where sleepy twilight dreams The summer time away. John Keats twilightsummerdream But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings That fill the sky with silver glitterings! John Keats skywingsheaven The thought, the deadly thought of solitude. John Keats solitude A drainless shower John Keats poetrylighthalf For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses. John Keats pulseexperiencephilosophy I must choose between despair and Energy──I choose the latter. John Keats latterdespairenergy The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth. John Keats intensityexcellenceart
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