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Ode to a Nightingale
John Keats · 1819
Original text in English.
The song of a nightingale, on a spring night, set against human suffering and death.
Poetry · 593 words · about 3 min of reading
About this text
John Keats († 1821): public-domain work. The text is that of Representative Poetry Online (Annals of the Fine Arts (July 1819). Republished in John Keats, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (1820). Facs. edn.: Scolar Press, 1970. PR 4830 E20AB Fisher Rare Book Library (Toronto).). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.
Note on the edition (in French): Poème seul : les notes, numéros de vers et fiches des éditeurs de Representative Poetry Online, protégés, ne sont pas repris.
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