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KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821)

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From: Young Students Learning Library
Date: 19960101
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One of the greatest English poets was John Keats. He was a man who loved the world of nature and also the world of myth and legend. Many of his best poems capture a moment of beauty, immortalizing it in verse before it vanishes with the passing of time. Keats wrote:

``A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;

Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness. . .' '

Keats was born in London, England. Both his parents died before he was 15. He became apprenticed to a surgeon, and was training to become a doctor when he realized that poetry was the most important ...

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