John Keats

"There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish."

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Source: John Keats (1820). “The Complete Works of John Keats”, p.37

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John Keats

John Keats

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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.'

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