A Man of Beauty is a joy for ever:
His loveliness increases; he will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

Beautiful Man, I sleep better because of you.

Keats is all the rage at the moment, with Bright Star read by the delectable Rupert Penry-Jones and Ode to a Nightingale by Benedict Cumberbatch! Now I think we need Ciarán Hinds to read Endymion.

Romantic genius Keats at age 25 by John Hilton, National Portrait Gallery

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