John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5952 John Keats 1795-1821 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5952 |
| AUTHOR: | John Keats (1795–1821) |
| QUOTATION: | Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art— Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sonnet. |
| WORKS: | John Keats Collection. |