John Keats

"It is a flaw In happiness to see beyond our bourn, - It forces us in summer skies to mourn, It spoils the singing of the nightingale."

3 likes

Source: 'To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.' (written 1818)

About the author

John Keats

John Keats

Poet

John Keats was an English Romantic poet known for his vivid imagery and exploration of love, beauty, and mortality in works like 'Ode to a Nightingale.'

All quotes by John Keats →

Same author

More quotes by John Keats

See all →
John Keats Poet

"Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid."

Read quote