Lamia E-book
Author: John Keats
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Keats, John (1795-1821) - Widely regarded as the most talented of the
English romantic poets, Keats, whose work was poorly received during his
lifetime, could not have foreseen his later recognition. Ironically, he
wrote for his own epitaph: "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."
Lamia (1819) - A poem that illustrates Dryden's influence on Keats, it deals
with a beautiful serpent woman, or lamia, who bribes Hermes to restore her
woman's form. Opening line: Upon a time, before the faery broods ...
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