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LINES by JOHN KEATS

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First Line: UNFELT, UNHEARD, UNSEEN
Last Line: FOR ALL THE BLUSHING OF THE HASTY MORN.

I.

UNFELT, unheard, unseen,
I've left my little queen,
Her languid arms in silver slumber lying:
Ah! through their nestling touch,
Who--who could tell how much
There is for madness--cruel, or complying?

II.

Those faery lids how sleek!
Those lips how moist!--they speak,
In ripest quiet, shadows of sweet sounds:
Into my fancy's ear
Melting a burden dear,
How "Love doth know no fullness nor no bounds."

III.

True!--tender monitors!
I bend unto your laws:
This sweetest day for dalliance was born!
So, without more ado,
I'll feel my heaven anew,
For all the blushing of the hasty morn.



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