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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SOLITUDE, by JOHN KEATS Poet's Biography
First Line: O solitude! If I must with thee dwell
Last Line: When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.
Variant Title(s): Sonnet: Solitude
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: O solitude! If I must with thee dwell
Last Line: When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.
Variant Title(s): Sonnet: Solitude
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
O SOLITUDE! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap
Of murky buildings; climb with me the steep, --
Nature's observatory -- whence the dell,
Its flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
'Mongst boughs pavillion'd, where the deer's swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell.
But though I'll gladly trace these scenes with thee,
Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,
Whose words are images of thoughts refin'd,
Is my soul's pleasure; and it sure must be
Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,
When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.
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