When it is moving on luxurious wings, The soul is lost in pleasant smo…

John Keats
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When it is moving on luxurious wings, The soul is lost in pleasant smotherings. ✨ John Keats, Helen Vendler (1990). Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard, p.36, Harvard University Press
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When it is moving on luxurious wings, The soul is lost in pleasant smotherings. ✨ John Keats, Helen Vendler (1990). Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard, p.36, Harvard University Press

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