“Life
is the rose's hope while yet unblown;
The
reading of an ever-changing tale;
The
light uplifting of a maiden's veil;
A
pigeon tumbling in clear summer air;
A
laughing school-boy, without grief or care,
Riding
the springy branches of an elm.”—John Keats (1795-1821), from “Sleep and
Poetry,” in Complete Poems, edited by
Jack Stillinger (1982)
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