554. When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be by John Keats
b"J Keats read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nWhen I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be\\nby John Keats (1795 \\u2013 1821)\\n\\nWhen I have fears that I may cease to be \\nBefore my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, \\nBefore high pil`d books, in charact'ry, \\nHold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain; \\nWhen I behold, upon the night's starr'd face, \\nHuge cloudy symbols of a high romance, \\nAnd feel that I may never live to trace \\nTheir shadows, with the magic hand of chance; \\nAnd when I feel, fair creature of an hour! \\nThat I shall never look upon thee more, \\nNever have relish in the faery power \\nOf unreflecting love;\\u2014then on the shore \\n Of the wide world I stand alone, and think, \\n Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink. \\n\\nFirst aired: 28 July 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2007"