When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be by John Keats
Keats read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/\n\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\nWhen I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be\nby John Keats\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\nYou can find more readings of Keats' poetry at:\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.wordpress.com/category/John-Keats/