English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
John Keats
539. The Human Seasons
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There are four seasons in the mind of Man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:
Spring’s honey’d cud of youthful thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves
He furleth close; contented so to look
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook:—
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.