"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...AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A TRAMPWOMAN'S TRAGEDY by THOMAS HARDY ON MICHAEL ANGELO by WASHINGTON ALLSTON THE SINGERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TWELVE SONNETS: 3. THE VALLEY ROSES by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE LAST LULLABY by HENRY BATAILLE |