The Human Seasons by John Keats
John Keats read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\nThe Human Seasons\n\nby John Keats (1795 \u2013 1821)\n\nFour Seasons fill the measure of the year; \nThere are four seasons in the mind of man:\u2014 \nHe has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear \nTakes in all beauty with an easy span: \n \nHe has his Summer, when luxuriously \nSpring's honey'd cud of youthful thought he loves \nTo ruminate, and by such dreaming high \nIs nearest unto heaven: quiet coves \n \nHis soul has in its Autumn, when his wings \nHe furleth close; contented so to look \nOn mists in idleness\u2014to let fair things \nPass by unheeded as a threshold brook: \n \nHe has his Winter too of pale misfeature, \nOr else he would forego his mortal nature. \n \n\nComments \nYou can find more readings of Keats' poetry at:\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.wordpress.com/category/John-Keats/\n\nFor more on Keats, visit http://www.john-keats.com/