Arts & Sciences

Addressed to the Same

by John Keats 1795–1821

From Poems (1817)

Arts & Sciences

Great spirits now on earth are sojourning;
He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake,
Who on Helvellyn's summit, wide awake,
Catches his freshness from Archangel's wing:
He of the rose, the violet, the spring.
The social smile, the chain for Freedom's sake:
And lo!--whose stedfastness would never take
A meaner sound than Raphael's whispering.
And other spirits there are standing apart
Upon the forehead of the age to come;
These, these will give the world another heart,
And other pulses. Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?------------
Listen awhile ye nations, and be dumb.

MLA

Keats, John. “Addressed to the Same.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/keats/40/.

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Keats, John. “Addressed to the Same.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/keats/40/.

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