A thing of beauty is a joy forever
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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
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever," declared the spirit of Keats.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
Its opening line has been a familiar quotation since: A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
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