Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendou…

John Keats
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Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite. ✨ 'Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art' (1819)
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Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite. ✨ 'Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art' (1819)

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