409. To One Who has been Long in City Pent by John Keats
b'J Keats read by Classic Poetry Aloud: Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\n\\n--------------------------------------------\\n\\nTo One Who has been Long in City Pent\\nby John Keats (1795 \\u2013 1821)\\n \\nTo one who has been long in city pent, \\n \\u2019Tis very sweet to look into the fair \\n And open face of heaven,\\u2014to breathe a prayer \\nFull in the smile of the blue firmament. \\nWho is more happy, when, with hearts content, \\n Fatigued he sinks into some pleasant lair \\n Of wavy grass, and reads a debonair \\nAnd gentle tale of love and languishment? \\nReturning home at evening, with an ear \\n Catching the notes of Philomel,\\u2014an eye \\nWatching the sailing cloudlet\\u2019s bright career, \\n He mourns that day so soon has glided by: \\nE\\u2019en like the passage of an angel\\u2019s tear \\n That falls through the clear ether silently. \\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 22 November 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'