Quotes from John Keats
We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of truth."
- John Keats
A poet without love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility.
- John Keats
The imagination may be compared to Adam's dream-he awoke and found it truth.
- John Keats
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.
- John Keats
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.
- John Keats
I wish to believe in immortality - I wish to live with you forever.
- John Keats
There is a budding morrow in midnight.
- John Keats
Soft closer of our eyes! Low murmur of tender lullabies!
- John Keats
Faded the flower and all its budded charms,Faded the sight of beauty from my eyes,Faded the shape of beauty from my arms,Faded the voice, warmth, whiteness, paradise!Vanishd unseasonably
- John Keats
O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet the Evening listens.
- John Keats
A man's life of any worth is a continual allegory, and very few eyes can see the mystery of his life, a life like the scriptures, figurative.
- John Keats
You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
- John Keats