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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET (TO THE LADIES WHO SAW ME CROWN'D), by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is there in the universal earth Last Line: Due reverence to your most sovereign eyes. | |||
WHAT is there in the universal Earth More lovely than a Wreath from the bay tree? Haply a Halo round the Moon--a glee Circling from three sweet pair of Lips in Mirth; And haply you will say the dewy birth Of morning Roses--riplings tenderly Spread by the Halcyon's breast upon the Sea-- But these Comparisons are nothing worth-- Then is there nothing in the world so fair? The silvery tears of April?--Youth of May? Or June that breaths out life for butterflies? No--none of these can from my favourite bear Away the Palm--yet shall it ever pay Due Reverence to your most sovereign eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS ITALY SWEET TOO! by JOHN KEATS LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS LAST SONNET (REVISED VERSION) by JOHN KEATS LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN by JOHN KEATS ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by JOHN KEATS |
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