On a Dream 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."
On a Dream (1819) - The dream was inspired by a rereading of the Fifth
Canto of Dante's Inferno. Opening lines: As Hermes once took to his
feathers light / When lulled Argus, baffled, swoon'd and slept, ...
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