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On leaving some Friends at an Early Hour

GIVE me a golden pen, and let me lean
On heap’d up flowers, in regions clear, and far;
Bring me a tablet whiter than a star,
Or hand of hymning angel, when ’tis seen
The silver strings of heavenly harp atween:
And let there glide by many a pearly car,
Pink robes, and wavy hair, and diamond jar,
And half discovered wings, and glances keen.
The while let music wander round my ears,
And as it reaches each delicious ending,
Let me write down a line of glorious tone,
And full of many wonders of the spheres:
For what a height my spirit is contending!
’Tis not content so soon to be alone.

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August 2006	Boasting Forum With over 5.000 posts and almost 5 new posts every day, the forum has become a very lively place to discuss literature and what's exciting about it on the web. For example, take a tour of Keats' house in Hampstead or read what happened to Keats trivia in Monte Cassino during WWII. Go to the forum.	Staircase leading up to Keats's room: One of the pictures from Keats house you can find in the forum.
Summer 2003	Keats House restored The repairs in Keats House in Hampstead Heath, London, have been finished in spring 2003. The walls have been repainted in the original colors, new rooms have been opened, and this summer, a series of talks on poetry will attract visitors to the house. Keats House in Hampstead Heath
December 1st, 2002	Advent Calendar! Visit the new John-Keats.com Advent Calendar with a poem or an extract from a letter by John Keats every day until Christmas! The John-Keats.com Advent Calendar
November 13th, 2002	Let's talk about Keats! John-Keats.com has got a new and improved bulletin board. There has not been much discussion about John Keats on this site lately, because the old bulletin board did not work anymore. The new board is an initiative to ignite the debate on the greatest of the Romantic poets. So don't hesitate and post your ideas and questions! With over 500 visitors on this site each day, you won't find a better place for them in the world! Let's talk about Keats!
March 22nd	Who killed John Keats? In his poem «John Keats», Byron blames the «savage» reviews of the Quarterly for the death of Keats. In a net premiere, John-Keats.com presents the reviews of the Quarterly Review and Blackwood's Magazine plus the protests by Keats' advocates John Scott and J. H. Reynolds .
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