Tag Archives: John Keats
I’m Like a Eunuch, Or Mute Castrato — Stanza 10
Res Publica, Book One, Prologue 10. A proverb: Man can’t single-handedly clap – or catch it.10 We can’t give birth without seducing a publisher first. As Mary said so candidly, I’m like a eunuch, or mute castrato; I’ve better chances … Continue reading
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Lines from Endymion, by John Keats
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) Lines from Endymion, by John Keats A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep … Continue reading
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Foot Fetish — Keat’s “Dull Rhymes Chain’d”
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) If By Dull Rhymes Our English Must Be Chain’d by John Keats If by dull rhymes our English must be chain’d, And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet … Continue reading
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“On Fame” by John Keats
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) On Fame by John Keats I. Fame, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those who woo her with too slavish knees, But makes surrender to … Continue reading
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“Mrs. Reynold’s Cat” by John Keats
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) Mrs Reynold’s Cat, by John Keats Cat! who hast passed thy grand climacteric, How many mice and rats hast in thy days Destroyed? How many tit-bits stolen? Gaze … Continue reading
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