My sight will never more be blest;               #9
            For all I see has lost its zest:
            Nor with delight can I explore,
            The Classic page, or Muse's lore.
            Had she but known how beat my heart,
            And with one smile reliev'd its smart
            I should have felt a sweet relief,
            I should have felt ``the joy of grief.''
            Yet as the Tuscan mid the snow
            Of Lapland dreams on sweet Arno,
            Even so for ever shall she be
            The Halo of my Memory.
                                                -- John Keats          GO TO NEXT EXAMPLE #10

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