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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KEATS WAS AN UNBELIEVER, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poet's Biography First Line: Keats was an unbeliever,' - so they read Last Line: "he made ""believing"" possible for us." Subject(s): Agnosticism; Beauty; Keats, John (1795-1821); Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology | |||
"Keats was not a believer" -- Biographical Sketch "KEATS was an unbeliever," -- so they read. The critic's words defame the poet's soul; Nature and Life as one stupendous whole He traced to the source. Thereof a Fountainhead: His worship was where light enshrined the head Of Beauty: -- for true love and wisdom stole From God to man within her aureole, And God's elect but followed where she lead. Of God's elect was Keats: his earthly duty To sing again the music of creation; That first of all, God's dream of life was Beauty; That Beauty is the seed of all salvation : -- Holiest of all unbelievers, thus, He made "Believing" possible for us. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY SCINTILLA by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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