John Keats

"This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights That thou would wish thine own heart dry of blood, So in my veins red life might stream again, And thou be conscience-calm'd. See, here it is-- I hold it towards you."

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Source: 'This living hand, now warm and capable' (written 1819)

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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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