Friday, January 3, 2003

This Living Hand Comments

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This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold
And in the icy silence of the tomb,
So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights
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John Keats
silence
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Bill Cantrell 26 April 2018

And so his hope is extended as an offering, will we carry his torch? He is calling for an answer

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H. Reese 05 July 2012

I had a very big moment just reading this poem once. The way it is structured those last lines really hit you. Great, great stuff.

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Rozeta Atanasova 27 January 2007

Great!

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John Keats

John Keats

London, England
John Keats
John Keats
London, England
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