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No, no, I'm sure, My restless spirit never could endure To brood so long upon one luxury, Unless it did, though fearfully, espy A hope beyond the shadow of a 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
Sure
Brood
Though
Restless
Upon
Immortality
Hope
Luxury
Spirit
Endure
Dream
Shadow
Long
Unless
Never
Beyond
Fearfully

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