Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 1., by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O! Were I one of the olumpian twelve Last Line: To melt away upon the traveller's lips. | ||||||||
O! WERE I one of the Olympian twelve, Their godships should pass this into a law,-- That when a man doth set himself in toil After some beauty veiled far away, Each step he took should make his lady's hand More soft, more white, and her fair cheek more fair; And for each briar-berry he might eat, A kiss should bud upon the tree of love, And pulp and ripen richer every hour, To melt away upon the traveller's lips. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS ITALY SWEET TOO! by JOHN KEATS LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS LAST SONNET (REVISED VERSION) by JOHN KEATS LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN by JOHN KEATS ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by JOHN KEATS |
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