You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between…

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You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task. ✨ John Keats (1820). The Complete Works of John Keats, p.111
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You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task. ✨ John Keats (1820). The Complete Works of John Keats, p.111

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