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To one who has been long in city pent, ’Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.

John Keats

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John Keats
Age: 25 †
Born: 1795
Born: October 31
Died: 1821
Died: February 23
Judge-Rapporteur
Physician
Poet
Men
Open
Fair
Face
Smile
Heaven
Blue
Faces
City
Pent
Nature
Sweet
Firmament
Look
Cities
Breathing
Looks
Full
Fairs
Long
Prayer
Breathe

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