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A drainless shower Of light is poesy: 'tis the supreme of power 'Tis might half slumbering on its own right arm.

John Keats

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John Keats
Age: 25 †
Born: 1795
Born: October 31
Died: 1821
Died: February 23
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Physician
Poet
Light
Poesy
Power
Slumbering
Might
Shower
Right
Showers
Supreme
Poetry
Arms
Half

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