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Real are the dreams of Gods, and smoothly pass Their pleasures in a long immortal dream.

John Keats

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John Keats
Age: 25 †
Born: 1795
Born: October 31
Died: 1821
Died: February 23
Judge-Rapporteur
Physician
Poet
Dreams
Pleasure
Dream
Real
Smoothly
Long
Pleasures
Immortal
Gods
Pass

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