Let me write not for fame and laurel, but from the mere yea… - John Keats

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Let me write not for fame and laurel, but from the mere yearning and fondness I have for the beautiful even if my night's labors be burnt each morning and no eye ever shine upon them.

John Keats

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John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.

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