Imitation of Spenser John Keats 00:00:03 Now Morning from her orient chamber came, And her first footsteps touch'd a verdant hill; Crowning its lawny crest with amber flame, Silv'ring the untainted gushes of its rill; 00:00:13 Which, pure from mossy beds, did down distill, And after parting beds of simple flowers, By many streams a little lake did fill, Which round its marge reflected woven bowers, And, in its middle space, a sky that never lowers. 00:00:28 There the king-fisher saw his plumage bright Vieing with fish of brilliant dye below; Whose silken fins, and golden scales' light Cast upward, through the waves, a ruby glow: 00:00:39 There saw the swan his neck of arched snow, And oar'd himself along with majesty; Sparkled his jetty eyes; his feet did show Beneath the waves like Afric's ebony, And on his back a fay reclined voluptuously. 00:00:52 Ah! could I tell the wonders of an isle That in that fairest lake had placed been, I could e'en Dido of her grief beguile; Or rob from aged Lear his bitter teen: 00:01:02 For sure so fair a place was never seen, Of all that ever charm'd romantic eye: It seem'd an emerald in the silver sheen Of the bright waters; or as when on high, Through clouds of fleecy white, laughs the crulean sky. 00:01:16 And all around it dipp'd luxuriously Slopings of verdure through the glossy tide, Which, as it were in gentle amity, Rippled delighted up the flowery side; 00:01:25 As if to glean the ruddy tears, it tried, Which fell profusely from the rose-tree stem! Haply it was the workings of its pride, In strife to throw upon the shore a gem Outviewing all the buds in Flora's diadem. Other Works by John Keats: kzread.info/head/PLLcqOmaaYeMoh986aSqXFDopGOCEa-Wy_ #johnkeats A Draught of Sunshine (1 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6KG27CchdyZfdo.html A Galloway Song (1 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/fn2sy62TdaiafMY.html A Song About Myself (2 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/m3xq19CRqNi1Yaw.html Character of Charles Brown (1 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWp5z7afcaXSl8Y.html Fancy (3 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/mniYm9WYhNzAhdo.html Fill for me a Brimming Bowl (1 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYabs7dtmdK_pqw.html Imitation of Spenser (2 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIyftqWJqKu8edo.html Lines (44 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/nomiyriTkpTMg6g.html Lines to Fanny (2 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yot6tbelYr3TdM4.html Ode to Apollo (2 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZhm2s2JopTXmbQ.html Old Meg she was a Gypsy (1 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWl4tLidgrfHpbw.html On a Dream (46 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5iTsdSRnMq9oNY.html On Death (34 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/nK6hmdOMotS_oqw.html On Visiting the Tomb of Burns (44 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGx6lZiIdMWXqcY.html Party of Lovers (1 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/l36YyKuyf8ubgJs.html Robin Hood (2 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZNmuZeKepm0cso.html Sharing Eve s Apple (53 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/oY1mtbmdfJXcYJM.html Song of Four Faries (3 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/go2gp7abppqfcqw.html This Living Hand (31 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4Oi0rZ7iNqfodY.html To Autumn (2 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/g5phmcpxgbDZops.html To Emma (1 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/daGesdGMmK-bcrg.html To Hope (3 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/oGV9ydethc-tnbg.html To Some Ladies (2 min): kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJt4u6SmmKqYhso.html Two or Three (43 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/pX111KyjeKbKgZM.html Written in the Cottage where Burns was Born (43 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/lmWbtKVrZ6Wyqrw.html Written on the day that Mr Leigh Hunt left Prison (52 sec): kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaKepcGthMWfd6g.html