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John Keats

1795–1821 · England · The Romantics

Keats trained as a doctor before devoting himself to poetry. In a few years he wrote some of the richest poems in English, including his great odes, before dying of tuberculosis in Rome at 25. He believed “a thing of beauty is a joy for ever”.

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Poems by John Keats

Public-domain poems, free to read and print.

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Frequently asked questions

Are John Keats’s poems free to read?

Yes. John Keats’s poems are in the public domain, and you can read 6 of them here or as a flip book.

What are John Keats’s best-known works?

Endymion (1818), Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems (1820).

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