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John Keats Quotes
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
John Keats

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
October 31, 1795
Date of Death:
February 23, 1821
Nationality:
English
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