I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick t…

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I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top. ✨ Letter to Benjamin Bailey, 25 May 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 287
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I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top. ✨ Letter to Benjamin Bailey, 25 May 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 287

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