O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet my song comes native…

John Keats
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O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet the Evening listens. ✨ 'O thou whose face hath felt the winter's wind' (written 1818)
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O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet the Evening listens. ✨ 'O thou whose face hath felt the winter's wind' (written 1818)

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