On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again - A poem by John Keats


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John Keats - On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again

O golden-tongued Romance with serene lute!
    Fair plumed Syren! Queen of far away!
    Leave melodizing on this wintry day,
Shut up thine olden pages, and be mute:
Adieu! for once again the fierce dispute,
    Betwixt damnation and impassion'd clay
    Must I burn through; once more humbly assay
The bitter-sweet of this Shakespearian fruit.
Chief Poet! and ye clouds of Albion,
    Begetters of our deep eternal theme,
When through the old oak forest I am gone,
    Let me not wander in a barren dream,
But when I am consumed in the fire,
Give me new Phoenix wings to fly at my desire.

Added: on December 16th, 2004 at 11:54 AM | Viewed: 3061 times | Comments (2)

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Poet: John Keats Poem: On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again Poem of the Day on: Jun 16 2003 Comment 2 of 2, added on February 26th, 2005 at 9:28 AM. Graet poem, interesting how a great deal of Keats's work deals with great poets/poets he admired. i thought writting a poem on a work of Shakespeare in teh style of a shakespearean sonnet works well. diane from United Kingdom Comment 1 of 2, added on December 16th, 2004 at 11:54 AM. i liked this poem joshua from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again, has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by John Keats with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!

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On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again Last read: 2008-07-22 21:19:49 Poem of the Day on: Jun 16 2003 Viewed 3061 times. Added on December 16th, 2004 at 11:54 AM.

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