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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: ADDRESSED TO HAYDON (1), by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Highmindedness, a jealousy for good
Last Line: Proud to behold him in his country's eye.
Subject(s): Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846)
First Line: Highmindedness, a jealousy for good
Last Line: Proud to behold him in his country's eye.
Subject(s): Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846)
HIGHMINDEDNESS, a jealousy for good,
A loving-kindness for the great man's fame,
Dwells here and there with people of no name,
In noisome alley, and in pathless wood:
And where we think the truth least understood,
Oft may be found a "singleness of aim,"
That ought to frighten into hooded shame
A money mong'ling, pitiable brood.
How glorious this affection for the cause
Of stedfast genius, toiling gallantly!
What when a stout unbending champion awes
Envy, and Malice to their native sty?
Unnumber'd souls breathe out a still applause,
Proud to behold him in his country's eye.
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