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Poems Of John Keats: Great Spirits Now On Earth Are Sojourning

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Keats, John

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Great Spirits Now On Earth Are Sojourning

Great spirits now on earth are sojourning; He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake, Who on Helvellyn's summit, wide awake, Catches his freshness from Archangel's wing; He of the rose; the violet, the spring, The social smile, the chain for Freedom's sake: And lo! - whose steadfastness would never take A meaner sound than Raphael's whispering. And other spirits there are standing apart Upon the forehead of the age to come; These, these will give the world another heart And other pulses. Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings in the human ...

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