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A thing of beauty is a joy forever

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  1. The first line of the poem “Endymion,” by John Keats.


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"A thing of beauty is a joy forever," Keats wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2010

A Thing of Beauty To the Editors: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is well named, if beauty can confer happiness, and it certainly is a principal ingredient, for has not a poet said "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by W. Hastings Macaulay

The first line of Keats's poem Endymion is "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson

A thing of beauty is a joy forever!

From Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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