Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings.

John Keats

Lamia

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Topic

Disenchanted world Philosophy

Author

John Keats

Source

Lamia

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Keats, John. "Lamia." Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820, pt. 2, I. 234.

Current Citation

Keats, John. "Lamia." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 234.

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There is a silence where hath been no sound,
There is a silence where no sound may be,
In the cold grave-under the deep, deep sea.

Thomas Hood

Silence

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Topic
Silence Death

Author

Thomas Hood
Source
Silence
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1827 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Silence." The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green/Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1827.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Silence." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.