Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of… - John Keats

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Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain's to die.

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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