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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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| John Keats |
English Romantic poet John Keats was born on October 31, 1795, in London.
The oldest of four children, he lost both his parents
at a young age. His father, a livery-stable keeper,...
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| This Living Hand
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by John Keats |
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This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold
And in the icy silence of the tomb,
So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights
That thou wouldst wish thine own heart dry of blood
So in my veins red life might stream again,
And thou be conscience-calmed--see here it is--
I hold it towards you.
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