Ode Poem by John Keats
Ode
Bards of Passion and of Mirth,
Ye have left your souls on earth!
Have ye souls in heaven too,
Double lived in regions new?
Yes, and those of heaven commune
With the spheres of sun and moon;
With the noise of fountains wound'rous,
And the parle of voices thund'rous;
With the whisper of heaven's trees
And one another, in soft ease.
Seated on Elysian lawns
Brows'd by none but Dian's fawns;
Underneath large blue-bells tented,
Where the daisies are rose-scented,
And the rose herself has got
Perfume which on earth is not;
Where the nightingale doth sing
Not a senseless, tranced thing,
But divine melodious truth;
Philosophic numbers smooth;
Tales and golden histories
Of heaven and its mysteries.
Thus ye live on high, and then
On the earth ye live again;
And the souls ye left behind you
Teach us, here, the way to find you,
Where your other souls are joying,
Never slumber'd, never cloying.
Here, your earth-born souls still speak
To mortals, of their little week;
Of their sorrows and delights;
Of their passions and their spites;
Of their glory and their shame;
What doth strengthen and what maim.
Thus ye teach us, every day,
Wisdom, though fled far away.
Bards of Passion and of Mirth,
Ye have left your souls on earth!
Ye have souls in heaven too,
Double-lived in regions new!
such a nice tribute to poets only...KEATS CAN DO THIS.....SALUTE.
Another great ode like your 'ode to melancholy' and 'ode to psyche'. My favorite lines: And the rose herself has got Perfume which on earth is not; Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless, tranced thing, But divine melodious truth; Philosophic numbers smooth.
ONE: WOW! Keats again, his poem Ode as The Classic Poem Of The Day, Hooray! My most favourite poet!
Keats died very young at the age of 26, tuberculosis was his sufferings through almost all of his poems Death was his main object, compared with Beauty.5 Stars!
LAST but not the least: Really very beautiful. I have other thoughts about Keats, but that would make my comment too too long
TWELVE: and find comfort in the timeless and beautiful aspects of existence. That's why Keats had become my most favorite poet since high school.
ELEVEN: So Keats's odes (they have a lot in common) explore mortality, beauty, and the human desire for permanence and meaning. They invite readers to reflect on the fleeting moments of life
TEN: The central theme is not just about nightingales, urns or seasons. Instead, it is the poet's eternal search for refuge in an ever-changing world.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 2:50:53 PM # 1.0.0.1119
The best Lyre i ever read For my heart one of the best and all the passion spread by him to make my thoughts unrest.