Classic and Contemporary Poetry

JOHN KEATS (1), by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Who kill'd john keats?
Last Line: Or southey or barrow!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Hate; Keats, John (1795-1821); Poetry & Poets

'WHO kill'd John Keats?'
'I,' says the Quarterly,
So savage and Tartarly;
''T was one of my feats.'

'Who shot the arrow?'
'The poet-priest Milman
(So ready to kill man),
Or Southey or Barrow!'