Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priest-like task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores.


Life, Letters and Literary Remains of John Keats, edited by Richard Monckton Milnes. Sonnet. Bright Star

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Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's...

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's...

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's...

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art — Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's...