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When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high piled books, in charact'ry,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;

When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;

And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love! -- then on the shore

Of (this) wide world I stand alone, and think
Till Love and Fame (and) nothingness (to) sink.

[Lyrics by John Keats (1795-1821)]
When I have fears that I may cease to be   Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,   Before high piled books, in charact'ry,   Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;      When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,   Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,   And think that I may never live to trace   Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;      And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!   That I shall never look upon thee more,   Never have relish in the faery power   Of unreflecting love! -- then on the shore      Of (this) wide world I stand alone, and think   Till Love and Fame (and) nothingness (to) sink.      [Lyrics by John Keats (1795-1821)]