Ode on a Grecian Urn 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."
Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819) - Includes the famous line, "Beauty is truth,
truth beauty,-" Opening lines: Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, /
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, ...
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