Poetry of John Keats - 8 - Miscellany 1

Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
What leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape
Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?

A Keats Miscellany of mostly well known poems.


A Keats Miscellany of mostly well known poems. Those with multiple readings illustrate the many
ways of reading a poem, both over time and between individual performers. As usual, kindly seed.

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Poetry of John Keats - 1 – SamuelWestetalia
Poetry of John Keats - 2 – MarkRylance
Poetry of John Keats - 3 - Ralph Richardson
Poetry of John Keats - 4 - Lamia – Joseph&Emmerson,bbc2010
Poetry of John Keats - 5 - Eve of St Agnes, bbc
Poetry of John Keats - 6 - Hodder Headline Audio
Poetry of John Keats - 7 - Hyperion Excerpts