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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter therefore, ye soft pipes, play on Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone.

John Keats

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John Keats
Age: 25 †
Born: 1795
Born: October 31
Died: 1821
Died: February 23
Judge-Rapporteur
Physician
Poet
Heard
Pipe
Spirit
Sensual
Play
Melody
Soft
Endear
Tone
Pipes
Ears
Sweeter
Therefore
Melodies
Sweet
Unheard

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