Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass…

John Keats
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Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---On death ✨ John Keats (1818). The Complete Works of John Keats, p.165
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Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---On death ✨ John Keats (1818). The Complete Works of John Keats, p.165

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