ODE ON A GRECIAN URN

John Keats, 1819

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Keats, John (1795-1821) – Widely regarded as the most talented of the English romantic poets, Keats, whose work was poorly received during his lifetime, could not have foreseen his later recognition. Ironically, he wrote for his own epitaph: “Here lies one whose name was writ in water.” Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819) – Includes the famous line, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-” Opening lines: Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, / Thou oster-child of silence and slow time