That queen of secrecy, the violet.
John Keats
Queen Violet, Floral Mystery, Secret Grace, Violet, Queen, Mystery
John Keats’s Quotes On Topics
Temple Whisper | Satire | Farewell Hand | Emotional Writhing | Departure | Artistic Excess | Potent Moon | Memory Touch | Self Defense | Lightness | Devotional Passion | Suffering | Luxurious Imagination | Warm South | Serenity | Moss Pillow | Shared Joy | Fair | Eternal Love | Wonder | More
More John Keats Quotes
“Deep in the shady sadness of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn, Far from the fiery noon and eve’s one star, Sat gray-haired Saturn, quiet as a stone, Still as the silence round about his lair.” John Keats
Shady Sadness, Eternal Silence, Mythic Serenity, Sadness, Silence, Serenity
John Keats Shady Sadness, Eternal Silence, Mythic Serenity, Sadness, Silence, Serenity“I will imagine you Venus tonight and pray, pray, pray to your star like a Heathen.” John Keats
Venus Prayer, Heathen Devotion, Celestial Love, Venus, Prayer, Love
John Keats Venus Prayer, Heathen Devotion, Celestial Love, Venus, Prayer, Love“That which is creative must create itself.” John Keats
Creativity, Individuality, Self-expression, Inspiration, Authenticity, Originality
John Keats Creativity, Individuality, Self-expression, Inspiration, Authenticity, Originality“Closer of lovely eyes to lovely dreams, Lover of loneliness, and wandering, Of upcast eye, and tender pondering! Thee must I praise above all other glories That smile us on to tell delightful stories.” John Keats
Lovely Dreams, Tender Pondering, Delightful Stories, Dreams, Pondering, Stories
John Keats Lovely Dreams, Tender Pondering, Delightful Stories, Dreams, Pondering, Stories“It keeps eternal whisperings around desolate shores.” John Keats
Eternal Whisperings, Desolate Shores, Timeless Echo, Whisperings, Shores, Echo
John Keats Eternal Whisperings, Desolate Shores, Timeless Echo, Whisperings, Shores, Echo“How does the poet speak to men with power, but by being still more a man than they.” John Keats
Poet Power, Speaking Men, Superior Humanity, Poet, Power, Humanity
John Keats Poet Power, Speaking Men, Superior Humanity, Poet, Power, Humanity“A man’s life of any worth is a continual allegory.” John Keats
Continual Allegory, Life Worth, Eternal Symbol, Life, Worth, Allegory
John Keats Continual Allegory, Life Worth, Eternal Symbol, Life, Worth, Allegory“Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one’s soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.” John Keats
Unobtrusive Poetry, Soulful Art, Subtle Impact, Poetry, Soul, Impact
John Keats Unobtrusive Poetry, Soulful Art, Subtle Impact, Poetry, Soul, Impact“How could I sleight you? How threaten to leave you? not in the spirit of a Threat to you – no – but in the spirit of Wretchedness in myself.” John Keats
Spirit Wretchedness, Threat Spirit, Leaving You, Wretchedness, Threat, Spirit
John Keats Spirit Wretchedness, Threat Spirit, Leaving You, Wretchedness, Threat, Spirit“One of the principal duties of great poetry is to elevate and dignify humanity.” John Keats
Poetry, Humanity, Inspiration, Elevation, Beauty, Expression
John Keats Poetry, Humanity, Inspiration, Elevation, Beauty, Expression“Shed no tear – O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more – O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root’s white core.” John Keats
Shed Tear, Flower Bloom, Buds Sleep, Tear, Flower, Sleep
John Keats Shed Tear, Flower Bloom, Buds Sleep, Tear, Flower, Sleep“She press’d his hand in slumber; so once more He could not help but kiss her and adore.” John Keats
Loving Slumber, Tender Kiss, Adoration Moment, Slumber, Kiss, Adoration
John Keats Loving Slumber, Tender Kiss, Adoration Moment, Slumber, Kiss, Adoration“So, when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud, Sweet Hope! celestial influence round me shed Waving thy silver pinions o’er my head.” John Keats
Hope, Darkness, Inspiration, Light, Spirit, Comfort
John Keats Hope, Darkness, Inspiration, Light, Spirit, Comfort“The more I have known the more have I lov’d.” John Keats
Affection, Depth, Knowledge, Growth, Love, Appreciation
John Keats Affection, Depth, Knowledge, Growth, Love, Appreciation“Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is – Love, forgive us! – cinders, ashes, dust.” John Keats
Hut Love, Water Crust, Ashes Dust, Love, Forgiveness, Simplicity
John Keats Hut Love, Water Crust, Ashes Dust, Love, Forgiveness, Simplicity“Forgive me if I wander a little this evening, for I have been all day employ’d in a very abstract Poem and I am in deep love with you – two things which must excuse me.” John Keats
Distraction, Creativity, Love, Emotions, Poetry, Reflection
John Keats Distraction, Creativity, Love, Emotions, Poetry, Reflection“I wish you could invent some means to make me at all happy without you. Every hour I am more and more concentrated in you; everything else tastes like chaff in my mouth.” John Keats
Longing, Dependence, Love, Melancholy, Attachment, Emotions
John Keats Longing, Dependence, Love, Melancholy, Attachment, Emotions“If poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.” John Keats
Natural Poetry, Tree Leaves, Artistic Nature, Poetry, Leaves, Nature
John Keats Natural Poetry, Tree Leaves, Artistic Nature, Poetry, Leaves, Nature“And how they kist each other’s tremulous eyes.” John Keats
Tremulous Eyes, Romantic Kisses, Gentle Love, Eyes, Kisses, Love
John Keats Tremulous Eyes, Romantic Kisses, Gentle Love, Eyes, Kisses, Love“I never felt my Mind repose upon anything with complete and undistracted enjoyment – upon no person but you. When you are in the room my thoughts never fly out of window: you always concentrate my whole senses.” John Keats
Complete Enjoyment, Undistracted Focus, Mental Repose, Enjoyment, Focus, Repose
John Keats Complete Enjoyment, Undistracted Focus, Mental Repose, Enjoyment, Focus, Repose