...most promising of the priests of the Muses and of the ' Bards of Passion.' NATURA COXSOLATOB. A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases...despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darken'd ways Made for our searching : yes, in spite...

...for I wish to try once more, before I bid it farewell. TEIGNMOUTH, April 10, 1818. BOOK I. A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases...still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep B Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing...

...for I wish to try once more, before I bid it farewell. Teignmouth, April 10, 1818. BOOK I. A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases...despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching : yes, in spite...

...sta now flows between ; — The marks of that which once hath been. JOHN KEATS. 1795—1821. THING of beauty is a joy for ever; Its loveliness increases...despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching : yes, in spite...

...of Nature was that youthful soul, who poured out from his " heart of hearts" the lines — "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever; Its loveliness increases...to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of th' inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'erdarkened ways...

...which has passed into a proverb, and become a motto to Exhibition catalogues of Fine Art : — A thing of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases...bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, &c. The " Hymn to Pan," alone should have rescued this young and vigorous poem — this youngest epic...

...and become a motto to Exhibition catalogues of Fine Art : — A thing of beauty is a joy forever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into...bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, &c. The " Hymn to Pan " alone should have rescued this young and vigorous poem — this youngest epic...

...I'll bear, indeed, life's heaviest curse — a heart that hath waxed old ! THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases...despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching : yes, in spite...

...outer darkness ; — there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." CHAPTER XVI. # Visit to " A THING of beauty is a joy for ever ; Its loveliness increases...of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing." KEATS. ERE are the letters, papa. One for me, one for Helen, and all the others for you." Mabel took...

...mollify Their harden' d hearts, inured to blood and cruelty. Spenser. 281. BEAUTY. Joy of Л THING ng at Thy rig Keats. lit. BEAUTY. Lost BEAUTY is but a vain and doubtful good, A shining gloss that fadeth suddenly,...