When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face, Huge cloudy symbols of a…

John Keats
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When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance. ✨ 1818 'When I Have FearsThat I May Cease to Be'.
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When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance. ✨ 1818 'When I Have FearsThat I May Cease to Be'.

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