The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cann…

John Keats
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The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself. That which is creative must create itself. ✨ John Keats (2015). John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets, p.226, e-artnow
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The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it. ✨ Letter to George and Georgiana Keats, 19 March 1819, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 2, p. 80
Many have original minds who do not think it - they are led away by custom! ✨ John Keats (2015). John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two … ▶
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Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds. ✨ John Keats, Helen Vendler (1990). Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard, p.32, Harvard University Press
Whatever the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth -whether it existed before or not ✨ Letter to Benjamin Bailey, 22 Nov. 1817

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